Strategically, VW can benefit from Porsche as a very close partner. Porsche can offer Volkswagen high prestige and the best technical know-how in the global car industry.

The recent strong rise in German car sales suggests that consumers are finally replacing their aged car park and the rising fuel prices certainly provide an incentive.

If your partner is not willing, then you are not really losing anything. I think VW will eventually enter the Southeast Asian market but I doubt this will happen in the next one to two...

There’s a kind of cultural revolution going on at Volkswagen and Mercedes. They’re doing much more than they’ve ever done before.

Every company has certain problems. They’re not in good shape, but thanks to Audi at Volkswagen, and the commercial vehicles business of DaimlerChrysler, they aren’t in such bad shape either.