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The latest in Porsche-Volkswagen relations is that the sports car maker has contingencies in place to raise its stake in the VW Group, but at this point is not planning an outright takeover.

As you may recall, when , it was bound by German law to make an offer to purchase controlling interest. The offer Porsche submitted to Volkswagen shareholders was purposely low because Porsche didn't want to fully take over Volkswagen.

That law is now on the verge of being repealed, leaving the door open for Porsche to further increase its stake, but that doesn't mean that it will automatically take the opportunity to further entrench the anschluss between the two companies founded by Ferdinand Porsche. If, however, Porsche's position on the Volkswagen board is threatened, it could increase its stake up to 50-percent without any further bureaucracy and legal issues, but for now it plans on staying where it is.

[Source: Reuters]

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Napleton Porsche of Westmont will sponsor the No. 73 Tafel Racing Porsche RSR for the Generac 500 at Road America and round eight of the American Le Mans Series to be run on August 11.

Reuters - German sports car maker Porsche (PSHG_p.DE) is not currently considering raising its 31 percent stake in Volkswagen once a law capping voting rights is repealed, a German newspaper reported on Sunday.

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And this time its officially-official meaning that we've got our hands on the full press release along with the high-resolution images of the 530Hp RWD 911 GT2 .

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Posted Jul 18th 2007 11:11AM by Sebastian Blanco Filed under: MPG , Porsche Ahhh, the rare Porsche post on AutoblogGreen.

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