My gut reation was that it is a good thing that VW and Porsche be closer aligned. But i'm not thinking about it in the financial sence, more commonality of parts or "trickle down engineering".<ul><li><a href="http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0509/26/01-327666.htm">Detroit News</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2005/09/27/ap2246813.html">Forbes</a></li></ul>