Porsche CEO Wiedeking steps down - paving way for VW

Porsche SE Chief Executive Officer Wendelin Wiedeking

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FastLane

Cousins, interesting story..

July 23, 2009 10:38 am

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scratchy996

German families and business don't work together, look at Adidas and Puma :)

July 23, 2009 12:55 pm

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BENZian

Ferdinand Pieche has finally won the war of egos...cue the fat lady and tell her to sing...

July 23, 2009 11:35 am

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BENZian

...Oh and BTW...I hope daimler is keeping a close eye on this...Wiedeking would make an excellent choice for CEO of Mercedes Benz...

July 23, 2009 11:37 am

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911fnatic

He'd be an excellent choice for any firm really. I'm hoping something good can come out of this, maybe better build quality.

July 23, 2009 12:05 pm

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TheKing

You can wish... the only good thing is that VW will be making more profit as they will start sticking their cheap parts into the Porsche, just like Audi. what a pity that another brand loses its independence. Great shame

July 26, 2009 2:26 pm

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catchmyshadow

Piech wins, never in doubt really. anyway, Porsche will always have a special position under VW?s roof because of the close connection of the Porsche and Piech families.

July 23, 2009 12:21 pm

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ShinyG

Hopefully this will not mean any FWD Golf-based, diesel powered Porsches :(

July 23, 2009 12:24 pm

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Shyne

there is already a diesel-powered porsche. but i dont think theyll put anything else in the 911 than the classic boxer. i think its a good thing. vw always treated their adoptive brands good. only bad thing about it is, that lamborghinis estoque probably wont be seeing daylight. :(

July 23, 2009 12:47 pm

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scratchy996

depends on how the Panamera is doing . it will be interesting with the Passat CC, A5 sedan, A7, Panamera, Estoque, Bugatti Bordeaux, VW will cover all the 4 door "coupe" segments.

July 23, 2009 12:52 pm

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Shyne

hopefully. :)

July 23, 2009 5:25 pm

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Aesthetics

a calculated risk and if it had succeeded, he would have been porsches biggest hero

July 23, 2009 12:58 pm

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9TNine

Lucky man... a freshly negotiated EUR 100 million (USD 143 million) golden handshake! ...Buys a few Porsches... or even (VW) Bugatti's!

July 23, 2009 1:16 pm

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Razz

Like you all have said, i hope this won't cause some changes in the Porsche AG like making the Golf / Cayman Porsche with 1.9 TDI, FWD and 5 speed. 100 % Mr Wiedeking will be the CEO of a new carmaker .. you can't "loose" a guy that made Porsche what it is today .. on a "free" transfer !

July 23, 2009 7:13 pm

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scratchy996

yeah , like that Lambo 1.9l hatchback they made and the diesel Bugatti .

July 24, 2009 3:59 pm

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DeleteThisAccount

Clearly a much more qualified (and younger) individual that would be perfect to run GM... it's not too late to get rid of the old farts...

July 24, 2009 6:58 am

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