porker to own audi?

[Dave Eaton]

yikes....

dave
'03 rs6
'04 allroad tdi

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HAMBURG -- German sports car maker Porsche, the largest shareholder in
Volkswagen, today denied speculation that it was looking to carve out Audi
or any other premium brand from VW and merge them with Porsche.

"There are no such plans," a Porsche spokesman said. "We do not see any
sense to it either."

The small niche carmaker from Stuttgart prefers independence, he added.

Citing a confirmation from the "finance scene", German business daily
Handelsblatt reported today that Porsche was already working out how to
carve out Audi and the group's other premium brands Lamborghini, Bugatti and
Bentley over the medium term and integrate them with Porsche.