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Porsche has confirmed that is has increased its share in Volkswagen
to over 50% giving it control of one of the largest companies in the
world. Porsche now holds a 50.76 percent share in Volkswagen versus
owning just 42.6 percent in 2008. Porsche plans to up its share of
Volkswagen to 75% by the end of 2009. What impact will this have on
Volkswagen designs you might ask? I believe while Volkswagen and
Porsche have already started sharing vehicle platforms (Cayenne and
Touareg), we will see more of this in future vehicles. I think
Volkswagen will benefit by Porsche sharing some its sporty heritage
and high performance engineering with the Fahrfenugen folks. It will
be interesting to see how this pans out.
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