HOW VOLKSWAGEN TRIED TO BUY ALFA

摘要

Recent remarks by Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares suggesting that Alfa Romeo has often been the target of buyout offers from rivals has brought to light moves by Volkswagen to seek control of the Italian firm in 2018. Sources have told Autocar that contact was made between VW and Alfa's then-parent FCA in 2018 "at the behest of Ferdinand Piech". The former VW boss had often spoken about his admiration for Alfa - such as at the Paris motor show in 2011, when he suggested it could flourish under VW ownership, even going so far as to say it could be operated under the wing of Porsche.