No, Briggs started making in China in 2002 (I'm pretty sure) and basically all modern Briggs engines are Chinese. And for your info normk, when I say that Chinese Briggs are just as bad as some chondas, I mean this. An example of this is a 6 month old victa classic cut ohv that I spotted at the local mower reconditioners and asked what it was doing there, he turned it round and it had a 10cm by 5cm hole in the side of the CHINESE cast alloy block. This mower had not had much use and had the right amount of oil in it.
