porker to own audi?

[DGraber460 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/28/2006 1:43:32 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
geraintlloyd_qc at yahoo.ca writes:

Dave  Eaton wrote:
> yikes....
>
> dave
> '03 rs6
>  '04 allroad tdi
>
> -------------------
> 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.
>
>   
So it might not happen if they only  denied it.
If they had categorically denied it, it would be time
to  panic.

eg Shane Howarth categorically denies that his granny
wasn't  Welsh
you know the kind of thing

> "There are no such plans," a  Porsche spokesman said.
"We do not see any
> sense to it  either."
>   
but then if they say it's a senseless idea,  that kind
of ups the odds of
seeing an RS4 with a flat 6 in the  back

;-)
Geraint
> 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.



Not that I'm real anxious to get a 4 ring car with a flat six hanging  out 
over the back axle, but the service and parts situation couldn't really get  any 
worse now could it?
 
Dennis
Denver