Vincent I had a look at the two black badges on the wings and it just says something like made for BMW it doesnt say Made in Germany.
Just as a little update I've done a couple of hundred miles in the Zed now and really getting used to it. Coming from a VX220 there are a couple of things I've had to adjust to. The ease of which it breaks traction is the main one as the VX had to be provoked into a slide even in the bad weather. The Zed just need a bit of lock and a dab of throttle and its off! Also having a diff and wider tyres it snaps back in quite harshly when you come out of a slide this is quite an odd sensation at first but I'm getting used to it. The DSC allows a wee bit of slip I see so I think that will do for me until the weather improves. Its enough to scare the wife anyway