i would rather prefer porsche to be a pure sports car company over being an "independent" company. i do not care who the company belongs to. who are the shareholders? as far as i am informed, 50% belong to the porsche family and ferdinand piech (of VW fame). and the other 50%? they are probably in the portfolio of some investment funds, controlled by major bank and investment houses. is this any better over being held by a major car company?

and what is happening now? porsche is building a four-doored SUV which is manufactured on a VW plant and shares a lot with the VW touareg. so where's the advantage of being "independent"? as RC said in another post, they sold their soul.

ferrari (currently) belongs to fiat, but no ferrari shares the platform with any fiat (at least i hope ) and ferrari does not have to build all terrain vehicles... they focus on their key competence: racing and building sports cars. brillant.

cheers; zzboba