..........And that is a possibility too..............but I have yet to encounter an example of vehicles being of higher quality components that were specifically built for, and shipped to, emerging market countries,Or they might be of higher quality, depending on where they were built.
Another example would be white goods (stoves, refrigerators etc.) built with thinner gauge metal and using lower quality compressors to meet certain price points. Ditto TV's. Lots of Dominicans import those items from the US even preferring used from there versus new in the DR.
Respectfully,
Playacaribe2