Audi, VW and Porsche to Make Hybrid Engine

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Sep 13, 2005 | 10:50 AM

Jason

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Audi, VW and Porsche to Make Hybrid Engine

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German automakers Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and Porsche AG said Monday they would work together to develop a new fuel-efficient hybrid engine for their automobiles...

Complete details of the new program weren't revealed, nor was a timeline, when the agreement was announced at the International Auto Show in Frankfurt. Audi, a part of Wolfsburg-based VW, Europe's biggest automaker, said it would take the lead in the development of the new hybrid.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor..._show_hybrid_1

Sep 13, 2005 | 07:07 PM

Douglas

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Re: Audi, VW and Porsche to Make Hybrid Engine

As I recall, Volkswagen owns Audi, Porsche, and several others, so this is really only one company trying to make it sound like it is a big deal... Hmmm.

Sep 13, 2005 | 09:22 PM

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Re: Audi, VW and Porsche to Make Hybrid Engine

Porsche is fully independant of all other automakers. VW owns Audi, Seat, Bently, Bugatti, Skoda, and Lamborghini.

Sep 14, 2005 | 12:03 AM

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Re: Audi, VW and Porsche to Make Hybrid Engine

The connection is that Porsche spawned VW, I don't know what ownership they held but they are "related".

Sep 15, 2005 | 04:27 PM

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Re: Audi, VW and Porsche to Make Hybrid Engine

I think the connection is that Adolph Hitler went to Ferdinand Porsche and asked for a car for the people -- a "folks wagon." Maybe it's just an urban legend. I do know that VW made the Porsche 914, and I think that, at least historically, they've shared a factory in Stuttgart.

But whatever my love/hate relationship with Porsche used to be for the **** connection, I definitely decided to hate them unequivocally after they decided to come out with the Cayenne.