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Originally Posted by blinkwatt
Stuttgart, Germany-based Porsche first bought a stake in Volkswagen two years ago, saying it wanted to protect a strategic partnership between the two carmakers. Since 2002, Volkswagen has built the body of Porsche's Cayenne sport-utility vehicle, which shares a platform with the VW Touareg and the Audi Q7.
Volkswagen, now Porsche's largest supplier, will also build the body of the Panamera sports car, which goes on sale in 2009.
Why does Porsche insist on having someone else build their cars? I thought they were called PORSCHES not VOLKSCHE. 
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If not, the boxster would cost $100K and a Carrera closer to $150K. Porsche learned wisely in the 1990s how to protect itself. Bet you didn't know BMW supplied sheetmetal to porsche in the 1990s did you? The German autoworld is a bit ancestuous (sp?) when you have VW Group, Diamler-Benz, BMW and Porsche all in country the size of Oregon.
The other advantage in the ever "greening" of the Euro auto insdustry is it allows Porsche to use credits banked by 80mpg VW Lupos, for instance. Plus the ownership of VW contains the poison pill that prevents takeover from some other company/entity.