Porsche to Buy major stake in VW

[vw_sales]

Ah but where does it stop proton are going to be putting the vw 1.4 tdi engine in thier cars.

But does not have the same ring, VW, Skoda, porsche and proton.

[Horney]

But proton includes Lotus, so not all bad!

Nick

[dabill]

i think in all honesty, every car company is linked and its all a big scam! they all work together and plan every move!

who cares though, there's some pretty mint car about!

[vw_sales]

Not all work together.

But share R & D which makes it cheaper to explore new posibilities.

Its true that lots of bits are shared during the Manufacturing process but a Skoda or seat as much as owners of those cars would like to believe are not VW.

They are made by the Parent company VAG which is just the owner of all the brands.

Its like saying HEINZ make tesco own brand beans, there the same but there differant.

[maxamus]

Ah but where does it stop proton are going to be putting the vw 1.4 tdi engine in thier cars.

But does not have the same ring, VW, Skoda, porsche and proton.

VW/VAG last year wanted to buy Proton. I think they are still persuing it.

VW and Porsche have been sharing platforms and working together since the 40's and if anything, this purchase of VW, is just cementing that relationship.

[richy]

Ferdinand Porsche designed the original Beetle.

The Beetle called the Porsche 12 and Porsche 60 for a while. The name "Beetle" was not used until 1967 by VW.