Re: Audi/Porsche

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

Michael Williams writes:
> Winslow Douglas decided to speak these words:
> >One more question to the collective. Don't crucify me because I think
> >this was answered before, What is the relation between Audi & Porsche? I
> >already know that Audi falls under the Volkswagen umbrella, but I
> >remember reading a old motor Trend magazine and they were saying that
> >the 944 is not a true Porsche because they raided Volkswagen/Audi parts
> >bin to construct this car.
> 
> I still find this silly.  Thats like saying that the new 996 is really a 
> Boxter because they raided the parts bin for the Boxter.  Yes, Porsche 
> wanted to make a cheap car and used parts from audi to do so.  But the 
> car was still originally designed by Porsche Engineers...so in my eyes 
> its a porsche more than an audi...but i dunno...maybe thats just me

I think you'll find the lines even more blurred in the case of the 924
and 944, because they were in fact manufactured by Audi for Porsche,
in Audi's production plants.

The whole argument about "what's more or less of a Porsche" seems pretty
silly to me.  The VW, Audi and Porsche entities have cooperated in many ways
over their respective histories, including sharing of parts bins and
engineering expertise and some cases, management.  The "cross pollenation"
is a good thing.

-Ti
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