Porsche is, after a titanic batttle, about to become a member of the VW Group. Last year Porsche tried to take over VW. VW struck back. This has been one of the great soap operas of industrial history.
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Vauxhall/Opel/Saab: the die is nearly cast
at 9:09 am on Friday May 15, 2009
The band is about to stop in the big game of Manufacturer Musical Chairs, and Fiat – having already snapped up Chrysler – looks set to get its hands on GM Europe too.
Beaten with the ugly stick
at 12:38 pm on Wednesday January 14, 2009
By half-way through day one at the Detroit Show I was in a cheery mood. In the past it’s been about enormo-SUVs, vehicles I can’t relate to. But this year it was about cars and I felt at home. Then I spent a couple of days staring at them, and my mood began to curdle. […]
VolksPorscheWagen
at 11:52 am on Thursday October 30, 2008
My esteemed colleague Paul Horrell, a man who has a Cray super-computer where his brain should be, has already blogged about the fact that VW briefly became the world’s most valuable company this week.
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