porker to own audi?

[John S. Lagnese]

IIRC all of the dealerships were VW/Porsche/Audi.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Lenahan" <glenahan at vfemail.net>
To: "John S. Lagnese" <jlagnese at massed.net>
Cc: "Dave Eaton" <Dave.Eaton at clear.net.nz>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: porker to own audi?


> Which never existed, by the way.
> Porsche piggy-backed on VW/Audi US distro for a time.
> Ferd. Piech was head of Porsche R&D, then Audi, then VWAG
> Ferd Porsche designed the Beetle for, well, never mind who.
> 
> But there never was an official tie in between the companies, until 
> Piech, who's mother owns most of the Porsche voting control, began 
> buying VW stock this year.
> 
> Grant
> On Nov 28, 2006, at 8:15 PM, John S. Lagnese wrote:
> 
>> This would just be heading back to the original VW/Porsche/Audi 
>> company.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dave Eaton" <Dave.Eaton at clear.net.nz>
>> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 12:56 PM
>> Subject: porker to own audi?
>>
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> "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.
>>>
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