in my opinion, whatever disputes that led the two companies to have a fallout is really none of our concern. because like you have stated ,as long as Eisenmann of Germany deny your affiliations than you have no grounds to state any claims. see my problem is, i have a Meisterchaft exhaust on my M6, and did i think my exhaust was made in Germany at the time of purchase? Sure, that's exactly why im upset because i felt i was mislead. i guess, atleast for me you guy's didn't have to make those claims, for in my mind korean made or japanese made doesn't automatically make them inferior. what's wrong here is clearly your marketing/advertising, it's misleading. i for one actually enjoy my exhaust. i love it's sound. but i do think your company needs some sort of re-structuring, so that in the future your so called " valued customers" are not mislead.