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    Default Rimac set to acquire Bugatti

    https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-ne...w-group-rimac/

    Coles notes: VW Group looking for ~49% stake in exchange for Bugatti. Porsche already owns 15.5%.

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    I mean VW isn’t giving up much, pretty sure Bugatti hasn’t made money any time in the last 50 years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by killramos View Post
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    I mean VW isn’t giving up much, pretty sure Bugatti hasn’t made money any time in the last 50 years.
    The name itself is probably worth some pretty penny.

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    I suspect Bugatti makes more licensing that name to perfumes and handbags than they do from anything with wheels.
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    You realize you are talking to the guy who made his own furniture out of salad bowls right?

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    Better question is, why would Rimac want this deal?

    To hit 49%, and keep Koreans and Chinese in play (They own 28%), it will comes out of founders' share. Not a bad way to cash out before IPO I guess?

    If Bugatti's market cap is $2B and that get them 34% of the company, that set Rimac at $6B valuation?
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    This is a really convoluted deal that could end up cannibalizing itself.

    A lot of Bugatti buyers are willing to buy into the brand with the understanding that the whole thing (warranty, long term parts supply, etc) is basically underwritten by VWAG; taking that away greatly diminishes the appeal of the Bugatti brand and puts them more in the same camp with Pagani or Koenigsegg...

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    Quote Originally Posted by you&me View Post
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    This is a really convoluted deal that could end up cannibalizing itself.

    A lot of Bugatti buyers are willing to buy into the brand with the understanding that the whole thing (warranty, long term parts supply, etc) is basically underwritten by VWAG; taking that away greatly diminishes the appeal of the Bugatti brand and puts them more in the same camp with Pagani or Koenigsegg...
    But if Koenigsegg is now producing faster cars, the market will flow to them.
    I think the dominant force for market share is whoever is making the fastest thing and not so much the brand backing from a major manufacturer.
    I'm not quite in that market, so obviously this is conjecture!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThePenIsMightier View Post
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    But if Koenigsegg is now producing faster cars, the market will flow to them.
    I think the dominant force for market share is whoever is making the fastest thing and not so much the brand backing from a major manufacturer.
    I'm not quite in that market, so obviously this is conjecture!
    Well, your conjecture is reasonable. But it's also completely wrong

    The market is not "flowing" to Koenigsegg to any degree and it has very little to do with breaking speed records. Sure, there are some with major f-you money that will buy whatever just for bragging rights, but most buyers in that market are astute enough to still consider TCO and liquidity, and a big part of that comes from a secure future of parts and support from the top, down... Very few people are willing to part with ~$4mm+ with an outfit that may or may not be around in a few years. Even if an independent company like Pagani or K-segg is financially stable, that's still a far cry from the safety net offered by being the halo brand of the largest manufacturer in the world.

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    Quote Originally Posted by you&me View Post
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    Well, your conjecture is reasonable. But it's also completely wrong

    The market is not "flowing" to Koenigsegg to any degree and it has very little to do with breaking speed records. Sure, there are some with major f-you money that will buy whatever just for bragging rights, but most buyers in that market are astute enough to still consider TCO and liquidity, and a big part of that comes from a secure future of parts and support from the top, down... Very few people are willing to part with ~$4mm+ with an outfit that may or may not be around in a few years. Even if an independent company like Pagani or K-segg is financially stable, that's still a far cry from the safety net offered by being the halo brand of the largest manufacturer in the world.
    Ha! You certainly might be right. I'd argue that folks spending $4MM on a car (sorry - on their tenth car) have zero fucks to give about liquidity or warranty and that the association with a car company that produces vehicles for peasants and clock-punching ilk actually harms the brand's exclusivity.

    Can either of us prove the other wrong? No. I'd offer that "poor millionaires" have previously preferred Ferrari over Lamborghini because Lambo carries the stench of VW.

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    But if Koenigsegg is now producing faster cars, the market will flow to them.
    and how about this post https://writemyessay4me.org/book-report?
    I think the dominant force for market share is whoever is making the fastest thing and not so much the brand backing from a major manufacturer.
    I'm not quite in that market, so obviously this is conjecture!
    I think that people rich enough to buy such cars always think about the branding, not all of their friends cknow about the Koenigsegg but everyone knows Ferrari and Bugatti. At the end of the day you rarely have an opportunity to drive such cars on their limits and just take them for a ride one in a while to show off=)
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    Man what’s with the people creating a half dozen alts these days.
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    Quote Originally Posted by killramos View Post
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    Man what’s with the people creating a half dozen alts these days.
    You claim every new account is an alt. Even a broken clock is correct 2 in times a day though.

    Now seems like the right amount of time to make them for the potential of an upcoming election, as unlikely as it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arcticcat522 View Post
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    You claim every new account is an alt. Even a broken clock is correct 2 in times a day though.

    Now seems like the right amount of time to make them for the potential of an upcoming election, as unlikely as it is.
    LoL! I think he did that to me when I joined, too! Maybe you're right.
    I haven't heard that "broken clock" reference since the days of Ask Jeeves.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThePenIsMightier View Post
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    LoL! I think he did that to me when I joined, too! Maybe you're right.
    I haven't heard that "broken clock" reference since the days of Ask Jeeves.
    you haven't yet been cleared of all charges.

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    Quote Originally Posted by you&me View Post
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    This is a really convoluted deal that could end up cannibalizing itself.

    A lot of Bugatti buyers are willing to buy into the brand with the understanding that the whole thing (warranty, long term parts supply, etc) is basically underwritten by VWAG; taking that away greatly diminishes the appeal of the Bugatti brand and puts them more in the same camp with Pagani or Koenigsegg...
    VWAG needed to get Bugatti off its balance sheet. This was a way of doing so while effectively keeping control. With Piech's death, there was little support left for Bugatti within VWAG.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SSO View Post
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    VWAG needed to get Bugatti off its balance sheet. This was a way of doing so while effectively keeping control. With Piech's death, there was little support left for Bugatti within VWAG.
    Do you think they needed to, or wanted to?

    I can't imagine Bugatti moved the needle substantially on VWAG's financials (although I haven't really looked). It seems the bigger problem with Bugatti is that it there doesn't seem to be a lot of sharing back and forth between Bugatti and the rest of the brands. This doesn't fit VWAG of efficiency in parts/platform sharing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buster View Post
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    Do you think they needed to, or wanted to?

    I can't imagine Bugatti moved the needle substantially on VWAG's financials (although I haven't really looked). It seems the bigger problem with Bugatti is that it there doesn't seem to be a lot of sharing back and forth between Bugatti and the rest of the brands. This doesn't fit VWAG of efficiency in parts/platform sharing.
    Yet another criticism of the new gen Golf-R... It should have received the W16 engine, but Bugatti wasn't sharing.

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