Car Companies - Who Owns Who
08-05-2010, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by aashish2,Aug 5 2010, 12:45 PM
Thats the reason Subaru has lost its quirky and fun design and is starting to head towards mainstream and attractive for the first time ever
08-05-2010, 01:19 PM
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You folks are doing good on the test. 
Quess it wasn't as up-to-date as I thought. I should read things before posting. 
Quess it wasn't as up-to-date as I thought. I should read things before posting.
08-05-2010, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by DrCloud,Aug 5 2010, 10:16 AM
Doesn't Porsche figure into the VW group? HPH
Damn sports cars.
08-05-2010, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by DrCloud,Aug 5 2010, 07:14 PM
It couldn't have had anything to do with Chattanooga? HPH
In hindsight I probably bought too early.
I sorta got to hold anyway.
08-05-2010, 04:57 PM
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I can just see all those German and Swiss VW stockholders hearing about a new factory in SE Tennessee, USA and mentally comparing the output to what they're used to from all their familiar factories -- and calling their brokers. HPH
08-05-2010, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by raymo19,Aug 5 2010, 06:31 PM
Dunno. I bought the stock at near $70, they bought Porsche and now it's in the teens. Chattown gave them every tax break under the sun to build a yet unidentified car.
In hindsight I probably bought too early.
I sorta got to hold anyway.
In hindsight I probably bought too early.
I sorta got to hold anyway.
Back in the 60's-70's the VW 914 was sold in America as the Porsche 914. Many of the parts in the Porsche system carried a VW part number: 411.... Go to the VW dealer and buy the part much cheaper.
They separate. IIRC, Porsche subsequently had the highest per-unit profit margin of any major manufacturer. VW obviously overpaid to reestablish the relationship and tank VW's share price.
And let's not forget VW's plant in Pennsylvania. The state and local government gave them insane incentives for the first ten years; soon after the ten years were up, the plant closed. I hope Chattanooga doesn't get shafted the same way.
What happened to Ford's 1/3 or so interest in Mazda?
08-06-2010, 06:55 AM
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I've got some old Wang Laboratories stock certificates laying around somewhere. One for one swap for your GM position?