Battery Bosch or AC DELCO

My truck has a 4 or 5 year old Bosch in it, still works great.

Factory exhaust manifold cooling and Bosch battery.

I purchased 2 as a drop in replacement for an old 1400VA APC UPS.

I couldn't find the datasheet on the bosch website but I found out via a few online posts that these batteries are actually manufactured by Exide.

Currently I have ac delco batteries in every car I own. I work at a Cadillac dealership though so I get good prices on them and they're good batteries.

FYI I went with the Bosch 96R. It weights about 34 lbs and fits no problem although I did need to add a small wedge on top of the bottom lip to lock it down with the stock mount. It has a 3 year free replacement warranty and cost me just about $87 OTD @ PepBoys after turning in my $15 core. It's been more than a year and the battery has been rock solid with very little use.

The last two batteries I bought for my GTi, were specified for a Mk4 Golf/Jetta. Both of them were Bosch and they are both different sizes. Both of them ran me about $150 I went with the Mk4 batteries because Pepboys didnt carry for a Mk3. But both of them are fine

The old battery I had in mine was an AC Delco, model ACD41-60 (I'm guessing size 41, 60-month warranty). Sticker said 685 CCA, 330 for charge. It's raining outside right now and I don't have any pictures of the sticker for my current one. The Delco battery finally died after being 8 years old. It showed signs of aging and being weak for about 3 months before that, and then one of the cells shorted out, so it had about a 5-amp capacity.

Some BOSCH batteries used on VW cars last around 2 years or a bit more but cost appropriately.

I bought these both for the same exact car but both the box and product appear very different, and the bottom set ended up being ridden with parasitic drain!

Bosch batteries are no poorly made in china