VW buy remainder of Porsche

[911god]

I'm hearing VW have taken complete ownership of Porsche.
Get ready to replace those badges :-)

[OggyDJ]

Buy that 991 while you can...992 might be a re-badged Phaeton

[stuckmojo]

I expected this. It doesn't look good for future models, I have to say.

[GC8]

What a turnabout, from owning a large shareholding in VW, to having your family company bought from under you by the company that you thought you had bought...

[Johnfrancis]

I thought 911's were VW Beetles anyway!

[S1MMA]

stuckmojo said:

I expected this. It doesn't look good for future models, I have to say.

yeah, I mean look at what happened to Lambo, Bugatti and Bently. Totally destroyed them.

Not.

[raptor600]

S1MMA said:

yeah, I mean look at what happened to Lambo, Bugatti and Bently. Totally destroyed them.

Not.

+1. I don't see anything changing to be honest.

[Podie]

stuckmojo said:

I expected this. It doesn't look good for future models, I have to say.

Why?

Lamborghini, Bentley, Bugatti, Skoda and Seat have all prospered under VW.

[drpep]

raptor600 said:

S1MMA said:

yeah, I mean look at what happened to Lambo, Bugatti and Bently. Totally destroyed them.

Not.

+1. I don't see anything changing to be honest.

+1. VW seem to be quite good at buying and not screwing things up thank heavens. They've done a world of good at Lamborghini without destroying their character.

[Bennachie]

Good news. Switch quality and tactile feel can only improve. They might do something avout NVH as well, two real Achille's heel areas for Porsche in my opinion.

[GC8]

Added to which, the two companies have an extremely close and long-standing relationship. Something that Bentley and such didnth have, so I wouldnt be particularly concerned.

[Dr S]

All depends on their general direction: Will Porsche be treated like Lamborghini or Bentley or rather like Seat?

[shoestring7]

OggyDJ said:

Buy that 991 while you can...992 might be a re-badged Phaeton

The Polo GT Ferdinand shirley...?

SS7

[ChipsAndCheese]

raptor600 said:

+1. I don't see anything changing to be honest.

Likewise. Didn't VW start moving people about within Porsche a while back? And I seem to remember reading that they have already decided that Porsche will be the arm of the VW empire that will develop a platform for a whole range of sports cars across the VW brands to be based upon. They beat Bentley, and I think Lamborghini also, to the bid IIRC.

[NoodleSmythe]

Let's hope they don't "Do an X-Type" to Porsche. Should they feel the need to, build your own press release or new car announcement out of the following nouns:

Synergy, heritage, blood line, sinues, prestige, dynamics, DNA, fusion,

Go lightly on the verbs though.

[Callughan]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18718087

[GC8]

It all sounds rather speculative now. We may have to go through all of this again in 2014.

[Tino]

anonymous said:

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You can feel it, but i doubt 95% of the rest of the people that drive them will....

[Agent51]

Will this affect values of models pre VW as they will be seen as the last of the 'genuine' Porsche - I wonder??

[LeoSayer]

NoodleSmythe said:

Let's hope they don't "Do an X-Type" to Porsche.

Porsche already decided to do this themselves 10 years ago when teaming up with VW for the Cayenne / Touareg.

That wasn't the first and certainly won't be the last.