• 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.

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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