VW Complete Porsche Take-Over

[panthro]

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

"The accelerated integration will allow us to start implementing a joint strategy for Porsche's automotive business more quickly and to realize key joint projects more rapidly,"

I'll be interesting to see exactly what this accelerated integration involves, as well as the key joint projects.

 

[Mr Jones]

You mean making more of the car shape but calling it something new?

 

[Horse Pop]

Interesting and apparently on the cards for a while.

I wonder if we'll see more Porsche tuned audi products and what it will mean for VAGs other performance brands.

 

[Muffin`]

brb need some 997 Turbo wheels for my Golf

 

[Hades]

Excellent news. That means instead of two VW's in the garage I can tell people I have a couple of old Porsches

 

[Matt82]

i wonder if cost cutting will be involved and the standard of porsches drop

 

[NathWraith]

porsche branded NEW beetle

 

[shoes]

i wonder if cost cutting will be involved and the standard of porsches drop

Hmmm..... rear engined rear wheel drive A6 anyone?

 

[Jonny69]

I wonder if we'll see more Porsche tuned audi products and what it will mean for VAGs other performance brands.

Porsche are supposed to be back in LMP1 at Le Mans in 2014. You don't usually see intra-brand racing as it has strange effects on sales, hence why we never saw Jaguar vs Ford vs Aston until the brands split. I would say that in sports car racing, Audi has the technological edge and experience over Porsche. So my point is this: I can't remember what it was

 

[Simon]

i wonder if cost cutting will be involved and the standard of porsches drop

Why?

I dont remember Bugattis or Lambos getting cost cutting measures

 

[Brookert]

Why?

I dont remember Bugattis or Lambos getting cost cutting measures

If anything, it went miles in the other direction!

 

[Dr House]

To be honest I think it will help improve the technology and reliability of the porsche engines.

VAG group sells about 7.5 million cars per year, porsche sells 25 000, so they will be able to throw a lot more money behind R&D.

I hope porsche start to use VW keys fobs and the VW SatNav as they are much better then the pap that Porsche sell.

 

[Housey]

Porsche is changing, their main range cars are becoming more capable, faster and simply for most people better, but they are losing more of their character in my opinion. The new 911 doesn't really capture me and I can't say why, it looks OK, its interior is lovely and god it's quick but something about it is missing. I hope they don't move this across to their GT models and I really hope they maintain that rawness. As they showed with the RS4.0 when they want to they can still make quite simply the greatest all round drivers car in the world, they still have perfection within them. Can't wait to see the next GT3, mainly because it will make the others ones more attainable again

 

[Dr House]

The new 991 does seem to be a lot softer but lets be honest, this mean that they will sell more cars.

I think the new GT3 will be just as raw if not more so then the last one as they are not aiming at the mass-market with the GT3.

The only issue I have is that the 991 is just too expensive now, a PDK 911 S with a few important extras (it does not even come with heated seats) is over 90k which I feel is a little too much for a 911.

 

[stuman]

not even heated seats,

like they are even needed.

i would say air-con and iPod connection are about all you really need.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Porsche 911 2.0 TDI S Line.

 

[Dr House]

Porsche 911 2.0 TDI S Line.

 

[panthro]

not even heated seats,

like they are even needed.

i would say air-con and iPod connection are about all you really need.

When you're buying a £90k car you'd want more than air con and an ipod connection.

 

[Housey]

not even heated seats,

like they are even needed.

i would say air-con and iPod connection are about all you really need.

Strangley the 2 things I missed most in my GT3 were heated seats and cruise control.