They make different products for different markets.
Yes they share parts because, get this, they're both CARS, but Porsche and Audi are different enough that calling them "not the same company" is entirely accurate.
No other automakers share engines and platforms to the same extent as the various VAG companies. Period. Nor have they ever since the days when one company built chassis, another built bodies, etc. That is to say, before the proliferation of automakers as we know them.
All the VAG automakers cheated on diesel emissions at the same time and in the same way, which was obviously orchestrated from some high level.
VAG is one big automaker, conglomerated from other automakers, which pretends to be multiple automak
Either you're full of complete shit or just being disingenuous. There's the whole-ass Japanese and Korean automakers where we have the automakers Lexus (which is Toyota), Infiniti (Nissan), Acura (Honda), and Genesis (Hyundai).
No, that's the point. I discuss that in another comment. Those are just other marques for the same automakers. It's the same as Ford/Lincoln. Actually though, the perfect parallel for how they actually operate today is probably Hyundai/Kia.
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Porsche and Audi are the same company.
It's like saying "Ford is developing with Lincoln" or "Toyota is developing with Lexus"
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Well, no. They're very different companies, even though they're both owned by the same corporate entity.
Berkshire Hathaway owns See's Candies, Precision Cast Parts, and Duracell. No rational person would claim those are all the same company.
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They share motors, "platforms", parts, you name it!
You can up your delusion to 11, it's still just the lipstick and tuning that's different.
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They make different products for different markets.
Yes they share parts because, get this, they're both CARS, but Porsche and Audi are different enough that calling them "not the same company" is entirely accurate.
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This is extremely common in the vehicle market...
For instance:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
An engine developed by Ford and Peugeot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
A gearbox developed by Mercedes-Benz, but used in a huge variety of non-Mercedes vehicles.
Lots of parts are shared across vehicles across many different manufacturers.
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No other automakers share engines and platforms to the same extent as the various VAG companies. Period. Nor have they ever since the days when one company built chassis, another built bodies, etc. That is to say, before the proliferation of automakers as we know them.
All the VAG automakers cheated on diesel emissions at the same time and in the same way, which was obviously orchestrated from some high level.
VAG is one big automaker, conglomerated from other automakers, which pretends to be multiple automak
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Either you're full of complete shit or just being disingenuous. There's the whole-ass Japanese and Korean automakers where we have the automakers Lexus (which is Toyota), Infiniti (Nissan), Acura (Honda), and Genesis (Hyundai).
No, that's the point. I discuss that in another comment. Those are just other marques for the same automakers. It's the same as Ford/Lincoln. Actually though, the perfect parallel for how they actually operate today is probably Hyundai/Kia.
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