VAG trying to buy FCA?

"yamahog" (yamahog) 07/17/2014 at 08:19 • Filed to: None

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Because that's all Chrysler needs, really. /facepalm

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Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > yamahog 07/17/2014 at 08:20

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I can never see the abbreviation VAG and not think about the word VAG. Which immediately leads me to trying to come up with a dirty abbreviation for FCA.

yamahog > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 07/17/2014 at 08:23

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So I mayyyy have picked this headline because 1. VAG, duh, and 2. FCA is one letter away from similar slang in Italian.

THEY'RE MADE FOR EACH OTHER

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > yamahog 07/17/2014 at 08:25

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VW wants to own Ferrari so badly, but I think if VW tried to do a hostile takeover of FCA, Fiat would sell Ferrari off to a group of independent investors first.

Imirrelephant > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 07/17/2014 at 08:30

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Per the article:

"Fiat's owners want to shift their focus to the Ferrari brand and quit its traditional automotive business, the publication said, without being more specific."

You're may not be far off, but they already have Lamborghini. I would think the distribution network would be more valuable to a company that is trying to be the biggest car maker globally.

505Turbeaux > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 07/17/2014 at 08:32

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a dirty abbreviation for FCA

F$#@% C#$@ A@@#$%)

Oh shit Oppo is on the censorship tip now, or that would have shown up :)

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Imirrelephant 07/17/2014 at 08:33

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Ferdinand Piëch is a crazy motherfucker who wants to own every brand, and owning the largest F1 fanbase and all of that merchandising rights would be huge.

Imirrelephant > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 07/17/2014 at 08:36

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Good point. My 'Merican brain always forgets just how big Ferrari is in F1.

Jayhawk Jake > yamahog 07/17/2014 at 08:53

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Hopefully everyone remembers what happened the last time Italy and Germany teamed up...

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > yamahog 07/17/2014 at 09:13

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Well that sounds farfetched. If that happens, I'll eat my Alfa's serpentine belt.

yamahog > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/17/2014 at 09:18

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We'll hold you to it!

Racescort666 > yamahog 07/17/2014 at 09:48

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Chrysler's just making the rounds with the German Big 3.

I would still hold Chrysler's relationship with Mitsubishi as the "weirdest automotive relationship" but "weirdest automotive relationship" is slowly becoming Chrysler with Everyone.

Wacko > Racescort666 07/17/2014 at 10:04

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I have to ask how was chrysler - mitsubishi the weirdest automotive relationship??

Frenchlicker > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 07/17/2014 at 11:17

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think licenses plate abbreviations and you have VAG Fucka

Frenchlicker > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/17/2014 at 11:18

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you've got to give the car a chance to do so first.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Frenchlicker 07/17/2014 at 11:41

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Hah :) very funny. It survived from 57k to 129k without a timing belt change (without my knowledge as I was assured that the belt was changed at 80k by the mechanic I took it to), so I think it should be alright ;)

Racescort666 > Wacko 07/17/2014 at 11:48

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I guess it depends on what you consider to be a weird relationship but this article by Patrick was pretty entertaining and goes into the details.

PS9 > yamahog 07/17/2014 at 14:27

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Should change the conglomorete's name to GOATSE then, because how many brands are you gonna stuff in there?

KirkyV > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 07/17/2014 at 15:53

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I have a similar reaction and, after a mildly convoluted chain of thought, generally start to reminisce fondly about this show:

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > KirkyV 07/17/2014 at 16:05

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Wow. Never seen that before, haha.

KirkyV > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 07/17/2014 at 16:18

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It's the most accurate representation of life in a British Sixth Form College/High School ever committed to film.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > KirkyV 07/17/2014 at 16:24

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Sounds like me when having a beer with a buddy after work. Sometimes I feel bad for the people sitting within earshot.

KirkyV > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 07/17/2014 at 16:26

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I know that feeling very well. If you've twenty minutes to spare at some point, here's the first episode of the series:

You might consider it a... Cultural learning experience.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > KirkyV 07/17/2014 at 16:34

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Haha ok, I'll see if I get a chance to watch sometime.

A show I really enjoyed was How not to live your life . Sort of a show of the generation after the kids in this show.

Frenchlicker > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/17/2014 at 17:17

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I had to say it.