In my opinion - that is not true. First of all, many Briggs & Stratton Vanguard and Intek engines are made overseas and many parts probably come from China. Some of the Briggs plants are at: Vanguard Single Cylinder Engines Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Alliance Nagoya, JapanVanguard Twin Cylinder Engines Daihatsu Briggs & Stratton Joint Venture Ryuo-cho, Japan Vanguard 3 Cylinder Engines Briggs & Stratton Daihatsu LLC Ryuo-cho, Japan. Second - I was - besides other things - a small engine mechanic during the 1960s. I went to many service schools for Briggs, Tecumseh-Lauson, Clinton, Wisconsin, etc. and was kind of disappointed to find out the engines that these companies made for European use were MUCH better quality than the stuff made for the US market. Why?? Because we are a throw-away society. It was not until Honda, Kawasaki, and Yanmar began to make small engines for the US market - that companies like Briggs had to offer better quality in the US. That's where the Briggs IC engine got it's start. Wisconsin, at the outset, made a deal with Subaru and began selling their Wisconsin Robin line of Japanese engines. In regard to any American product outlasting a Chinese product - that's silly. First - you have to find a product that you know for sure IS pure American - good luck on that. At the moment - Honda and Toyota cars sold here have more US content than Fords. And - there are many Chinese engines that hold up very well. Problem is, our market is also flooded with their poorly designed crap - and it's kind of hard to figure out what is good and what is not.
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