Re: Audi/Porsche

[eyvind.spangen@ha-nett.no (Eyvind Spangen)]

On Thu, 6 Aug 1998 13:46:12 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>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.

And don't forget the Audi/Porsche RS2 wagon.. The badget has got both
the Audi rings and the Porsche name on it..

ES