• EtherWhack@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Wait, I thought Porsche was the parent company and VW was an offshoot created from one of Hitler’s requests(?) to make a car affordable for the people.

    • piccolo@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      VW was state own corp created to produce Porsche’s vehicle design. It was privatized in the 1960’s. It wasnt until 2013 when porsche took ownership over VW.

      • RidderSport@feddit.org
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        6 hours ago

        Porsche tried to take over VW in 2013 but underestimated the cost. They nearly went bankrupt trying to do that so the largest shareholder of VW, the German state of lower-saxony then asked VW to instead take over Porsche - which they did. So since then Porsche has been part of VW