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Car wars
By Paul Betts
Published: March 12 2008 02:00 | Last updated: March 12 2008 02:00
A huge and most peculiar corporate struggle is taking place at Volkswagen and Porsche. The battle does not involve just the two German car companies but also the rich and powerful families behind them. It threatens to leave few winners but many losers.
When Porsche first bought its stake in VW in September 2005 everything seemed rosy. VW management was happy to have a friendly large investor, as were the workers; Porsche executives had landed a coup; and its two founding families could celebrate not just the promise of heady future profits but the regrouping of the two companies Ferdinand Porsche helped set up.
But things have taken a strange and bitter turn. Porsche's meddling in internal VW affairs is driving some VW executives crazy. The sports car maker's blunt style has offended VW workers, prompting them to describe Porsche's chief executive, Wendelin Wiedeking, as a "Napoleon" before his Waterloo and the once friendly deal as a "hostile takeover".
Worse, it is splitting the two controlling Porsche families - the Piëchs and the Porsches. Ferdinand Piëch, the family patriarch and VW chairman, is as secure as ever at VW. But Wolfgang Porsche, whose family controls more Porsche shares than the Piëch family, is chairman in charge at the sports car maker.
The result is the two are now using their companies as weapons in the power struggle between them. Mr Piëch struck out last week by buying truck maker Scania for VW. But his attempts to undermine Mr Wiedeking at Porsche backfired when Mr Porsche resolutely supported him.
VW may be enjoying a good profitable run, but there is still plenty of fat to be cut. If the two families continue squabbling about who should be running the show, they risk driving into a brick wall.
Financial Times"
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