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Volkswagen to swallow Porsche
Friday 24 July 2009
"Supervisory Board lays foundation for integrated automotive group". That was the flat, bizarrely understated title of a press release issued by Volkswagen yesterday as it announced plans to complete its takeover of the sports-car maker Porsche. The dry communiqué betrayed not the slightest hint of the drama that lay behind one of this year's most significant transactions in the automotive industry.
Porsche chiefs quit as talks bring merger with Volkswagen closer
Friday 24 July 2009
Man who saved luxury car maker to get €50m pay-off
Hamish McRae: Businesses that survive will emerge from the recession in better shape
Friday 24 July 2009
Economic Life
Porsche says CEO stepping down
Thursday 23 July 2009
The supervisory board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE said today it has voted to accept the resignation of CEO Wendelin Wiedeking with immediate effect.
Ronaldo puts Porsche up for sale
Thursday 18 June 2009
Football star Cristiano Ronaldo's 177mph Porsche 911 convertible is up for sale on Auto Trader.
Porsche driver sought after lover's body found in hotel
Friday 29 May 2009
French police are searching for a British businessman after his girlfriend was found battered to death in their suite at Paris's famous Hotel Bristol.
Sean O'Grady: Scrappage scheme sells the UK motor industry short
Tuesday 14 April 2009
Good news: according to some reports, at least, the Government is ready to help the motor industry. The bad news? We'll be helping the French, German, Korean, Polish, Czech, Slovakian and Korean motor industries rather than our own.
Bentley Continental Flying Spur Speed
Saturday 28 February 2009
Price: £133,300
Top speed: 200 mph 0-60mph 4.5 seconds
Consumption: 17 mpg
CO2 emissions: 396g/km
Best for: The Premiership
Also worth considering? Mercedes-Benz S-Class AMG, Audi S8, Jaguar XJ/R
Porsche Boxster
Sunday 08 February 2009
There are a few niggles with this revamped version of the sports car, but you can't help but like it
'Porsche Cathedral': Museum for men and their motors
Wednesday 28 January 2009
The car industry is in crisis - but you wouldn't believe it in Stuttgart's new museum, which opens today
Car Choice: The laws of Bangernomics mean the Boxster has to go
Sunday 25 January 2009
Dave Johnson has been hit by the credit crunch. His wife has a new job with a short commute to a multi-storey, and her Boxster S is to be replaced with a supermini. They are looking for a finance deal on a new car, or something a year old, using a £6,000 loan. They also want to know the best way to off-load the Porsche.
Electric car accelerates 'faster than a Porsche'
Tuesday 23 December 2008
Hiroshi Shimizo, a professor at Keio University in Japan, talks about the Eliica, an electric car powered by lithium ion batteries he has developed which has greater acceleration than a Porsche 911.
Porsche Cayman S
Sunday 14 December 2008
The new Cayman S puts the 911 in the shade in so many ways. But can it win over those diehard purists?
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