VW plans merger with Porsche . . .

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VW plans merger with Porsche

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Jul 23, 1:40 PM (ET)

By OLIVER SCHMALE and MATT MOORE

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) - The best thing Volkswagen AG can do when it carries through its proposed merger with Porsche is this: Leave Porsche alone and reap the revenue from a glossy brand with loyal, rich customers, analysts say.

Having emerged Thursday atop a power struggle among members of the Piech and Porsche families - who control Porsche Autombil Holding SE - and cost Wendelin Wiedeking his job as chief executive, Volkswagen is left to gather the spoils, namely the marquee Porsche name that will soon be counted with Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini, already among its stable of luxury brands." . . .

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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090723/D99KA16G0.html

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VW plans merger with Porsche

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Jul 23, 1:40 PM (ET)

By OLIVER SCHMALE and MATT MOORE

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) - The best thing Volkswagen AG can do when it carries through its proposed merger with Porsche is this: Leave Porsche alone and reap the revenue from a glossy brand with loyal, rich customers, analysts say.

Having emerged Thursday atop a power struggle among members of the Piech and Porsche families - who control Porsche Autombil Holding SE - and cost Wendelin Wiedeking his job as chief executive, Volkswagen is left to gather the spoils, namely the marquee Porsche name that will soon be counted with Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini, already among its stable of luxury brands." . . .

i think they should just get it over with and screw.

[jgerock]

They can dust off all the N.O.S. 914 rear emblems for the new cars. Hello e-bay!

[72Golf]

So......I guess this makes the old lady's Passat a bull-nosed Panamera???

[HarryPR]

So......I guess this makes the old lady's Passat a bull-nosed Panamera???

Nope. A good-looking Panamera! That car is one of the ugliest I've ever seen. Porsche has taken the 911 silhouette one step too far, IMHO.