Piech Wins Again: Finally, Volkswagen Buys Porsche

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

This just in from Wolfsburg: Volkswagen's supervisory board has met in an "extraordinary meeting to create an integrated automotive group with Porsche..." From Porsche's first sports car, the 356 in 1948 through the original air-cooled 911, the VW-Porsche 914, the 924 meant for Audi, and right on up to the ...

Ferdinand Piech and the New Porsche 914

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

So Porsche says it can't make a business case for small cars. The new millennium 914 is off, Porsche AG board member Klaus Berning told Automotive News. Coincidentally, this news comes after Volkswagen AG had offered to help Porsche out of its $13 billion in debt in exchange for 49 ...