#1: Coventry vs French built 206s? Author: Andrew, Location: Black Country Ay IPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:04 pm ---- Hi
I found a thread on here about rust that occurs on the boot and behind the arch liners on 206s that are about 8 or 9 years old. We all know Ryton factory closed in 2006, so its safe assume all of the UK market 206s were built there until it closed. On these cars I have noticed that the engine bay, behind the arch liners and other hidden areas are painted with colour coat on these cars.
My car is a 2007 model and was built in France, and these areas are not painted the same like Ryton built 206s. Instead it has what appears to primer with lacquer, no colour coat.
What I'm wondering is, will my car's bodyshell but more exposed to rust in these hidden areas due to lack of colour coat? The main areas are painted properly of course, and the paint quality is good. But its almost as if they said "this one's going to a customer in England, skimp on production costs!"
#2: Re: Coventry vs French built 206s? Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:11 pm ---- The boot rust issue was a c**k up at the factory with the rear screen fitment, that was sorted years before your 206 was built
#3: Re: Coventry vs French built 206s? Author: Andrew, Location: Black Country Ay IPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:13 pm ---- Thanks for clearing that up, I always wondered why that happened
I do get the impression that Ryton taken more attention to detail, to paint the engine bay and other tucked away areas, as apposed to the factories in France!
#4: Re: Coventry vs French built 206s? Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:14 pm ----
Andrewxps wrote:
I do get the impression that Ryton taken more attention to detail
Not in other areas they didnt
#5: Re: Coventry vs French built 206s? Author: Andrew, Location: Black Country Ay IPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:22 pm ---- Oh yeah? Do explain
#6: Re: Coventry vs French built 206s? Author: pug206lx, Location: Taking a gearbox off somewherePosted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:42 pm ---- The sound deadening behind the rear door cards for one.
#7: Re: Coventry vs French built 206s? Author: 138Andy, Location: NottsPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 5:21 pm ---- cheap sound absorbing pads on ebay just chuck a few of them in your walls
#8: Re: Coventry vs French built 206s? Author: V9977, Location: Athens, GreecePosted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:01 pm ---- @Andrew, our late-2007 TU3 car is a dream compared to my 2001 TU3JP.
I would have thought any production-floor and design issues have been sorted by that stage.
#9: Re: Coventry vs French built 206s? Author: DeadEyePaul, Location: Rugby,WarwickshirePosted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:51 pm ---- I read that a few years after Ryton packed up they moved 206 production to Slovakia then after that.. china
#10: Re: Coventry vs French built 206s? Author: Edward, Location: In the garagePosted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:33 pm ---- 207's were made in France and Slovakia. They didnt move 206 production there.
#11: Re: Coventry vs French built 206s? Author: Andrew, Location: Black Country Ay IPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:07 pm ---- All of the labels on my car, including the door label with colour code; any tags on the wiring or stickers on parts are written in French. This and the fact that wikipedia doesn't list Slovakia as manufacturer for 206s, and has Poissy and Mulhouse lead me to beleive it was French made
Then again it is wikipedia and might not be accurate
#12: Re: Coventry vs French built 206s? Author: V9977, Location: Athens, GreecePosted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:19 pm ---- I think 'VF' at the start of the VIN = made in France.
#13: Re: Coventry vs French built 206s? Author: Andrew, Location: Black Country Ay IPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:20 pm ----
V9977 wrote:
I think 'VF' at the start of the VIN = made in France.
Yes that too! I should have remembered that
Does your 2007 also have unpainted engine bay etc?
#14: Re: Coventry vs French built 206s? Author: V9977, Location: Athens, GreecePosted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:21 pm ----
Andrewxps wrote:
V9977 wrote:
I think 'VF' at the start of the VIN = made in France.
Yes that too! I should have remembered that
Does your 2007 also have unpainted engine bay etc?
Nope.
#15: Re: Coventry vs French built 206s? Author: Edward, Location: In the garagePosted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:57 am ---- VF doesnt mean that at all. All RHD non-CC 206's were made in Ryton - at least until it closed.
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