porker to own audi?

[Grant Lenahan]

What's your point?  Tht's the distro piggy-back.

Grant
On Nov 28, 2006, at 9:28 PM, John S. Lagnese wrote:

> 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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