The same lesson was perfectly taught during the net/telcom boom a decade ago and likely countless times before.

The only principles Machiavelli needed were that history repeats itself so you really only need to learn it once.

Porsche doesn’t even have 1 million cars and will be lucky to be part of VW to survive.

According to the latest OICA data, Porsche produced 96,721 cars in 2008.

Just never say never, atleast my mother tongue is Chinese I no need to learn more tongue twisters.

If I have to make a choice I mind as well walk the Plank as Capth Bligh’s wishes.

I think Fiat’s CEO is right with his assessment that there only will be 6 car manufacturers left with 5 million cars/year or more. I’m sure VW will be one of them, Porsche doesn’t even have 1 million cars and will be lucky to be part of VW to survive. Even BMW and Mercedes are subject to merging or disappearing if they are not careful.. All sportscar manufacturers either disappeared or belong to a larger company now. Porsche was the only one left. Not even really, they cooperated a lot with VW already, why not make it official? It didn’t hurt Bughatti…

(supposedly south american grannies can peel the paint off walls by screaming ARRRRRRCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHHHHHH-ENNN-TEEENA!)

Though I almost swallowed a tonsil trying that!

I can see the headlines now.

“The Truth About Cars Chokes Man to Death!”

Or “The Truth Shall Set You Free”

hrm, …I guess Wiedeking hasn’t learned the “Don’t f*&k with Piech”-lesson yet, eh?

+@ZoomZoom: I think Piech is pronounced: Peeyehchch (the hchch is like a Hebrew chai sound, like you’re hocking up a loogie)

Can somebody help me with the proper pronunciation of “Piech”? Is it “peech” (like the fruit), “peesh” (the fruit with a lisp), or “pie ch” (rhymes with “pie” and “bye”)? Or something else?

Thanks.

If the Prius whispers “I am aware of my own use of resources and I care,” Porsche and Hummer scream, “rape the world, fuck everyone but me.” Who would want to be seen in a Porsche anyway? Wayne Newton? Dick Cheney? I guess I could see Mark Sanford driving one along the Buenos Aires Coastal highway, his spicy tango partner by his side.

If an Opel bailout with many jobs at stake creates a political backlash, the bailout of a company that makes pricey sports cars and who’s CEO is the highest paid on the planet would create a revolution.

Their will be no government bailout of Porsche.

There is nothing humiliating in a VW ownership of Porsche. This is about which side of the family rules VW-Porsche, the Piechs or the Porsches.

Porsche and VW have been joined at the hip throughout their history. The legal nature of their marriage has ebbed and flowed, but they might as well get married and put the question to rest.

This from the people who were recently crowing about sticking it to the hedge funds? I hope Google translate got this right :) … “Gute Nacht sagen, Gracie”.

I can’t help but wonder about Wolfgang Porsche. Wiedeking’s megalomania couldn’t have taken things this far without his support. Has he smarted all along that his cousin Ferdinand Piech ran a far larger empire?

Tsk tsk. Not good.

I hope all the necessary blood-letting will get done in the coming week so business can move on.

Wonder who the other unnamed sovereign wealth fund are? Will these lucky chaps be able to purchase their Bugatti on the cheap, for their next ride into the hot desert?