My former Fox was indeed made in Brazil, and it showed. The weather dipped below 50F and it refused to work...
Very few cars ever manufacutured in Brazil for sale in the US. VINs starting with 9 are getting less and less common as those things surrender to premature engine troubles. Someone once told me - "I'd hate to end up with the Volkswagen assembled in Brazil at 4:30pm on a Friday." I couldn't have said it better myself.