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Volkswagen Group wants to cut costs by selling the Italdesign company BMW M1
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Breaking News: Volkswagen Group wants to cut costs by selling the Italdesign company

In 2010, Volkswagen Group acquired an impressive 90.1 percent stake in Italdesign, an upscale Italian design entity that gave birth to various iconic sports and supercars. While Lamborghini operated as the means of purchase, Italdesign found itself in Audi when Volkswagen Group purchased it. However, it has now become clear that Audi could be looking to liquidate Italdesign, which has...

Martin Winterkorn shaking hands with founder Giorgetto Giugiaro
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Rumor no more, VW buys Italdesign Giugiaro

You may remember the reports of a possible buying of Italdesign Giugiaro by Volkswagen AG and I am pleased to see some confirmation on the situation as the German group announced the future purchase a controlling stake today. The official figure desired by VW is a whopping 90.1% of the Italian design and engineering company. Volkswagen Group have will be...

Italdesign Giugiaro Quaranta Concept
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Volkswagen out to buy Italdesign Giugiaro?

Some reports would lead you to believe just that despite any sort of confirmation from either of the involved parties. While most of you may know about Volkswagen Italdesign Giugiaro isn't that popular a name as you might imagine but it's a very successful company that has come up with some of the most stunning concepts ever made. Previous work...