the-missile:
With VW submerged with debt, it is not surprising that the jewels may be on sale...even someone important would not be involved in that type of discussion...More like loaner, Shareholders and CEO. The rest is not high enough to have that kind of discussion.
Not even someone very very important?
I cannot say much about Rimac and Bugatti (it makes no sense under the current circumstances though) but Lamborghini, I know (pretty much) for sure. This has been discussed last autumn at many levels after the (Bloomberg?) report came out and this was before the Corona pandemic. Two very high levels included at the level you mentioned. I know how furious and offended these people were with that report, no basis whatsoever.
But: There will be (now even more, after the pandemic) a lot of restructuring going on (it already started) at VW Group, there will be new evaluations of projects and investments and many things more. So yes, a lot is going on but it mainly started during the pandemic because there is a serious crisis on the car market (even more than before), dealers are closing and the future doesn't look too bright either since nobody really knows in what direction the markets will go. The government wants EVs, people want something affordable but not exactly EVs, manufacturers are currently in some sorts of a limbo and the one really profiting from this is actually...Tesla.
I said it before and I said it again: I am so happy I'm not involved with the car industry, must be really difficult right now. It will get (much) better at some point but for this to happen, we need clear signs from politics and manufacturers need to come down from their huge gain margins expectations in the beginning if they want to successfully transfer/switch their productions/markets from gasoline engines to EVs or whatever.
I am pretty sure that around mid/end next year, we are going to see more from VW Group and know more about their plans.
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Lamborghini Huracan Performante (2019), Mercedes GLC63 S AMG (2020), Mercedes C63 S AMG Cab (2019), Range Rover Evoque Si4 Black Edition (2019)