My surprise candidate, if it weren’t for…

VW. I mean Porsche, of course, buying all three: Volvo, Land Rover and Jaguar. Outlandish? Less so than the surprise deal with VW at the time.

Think about it. If you forget the VW deal for a moment, Porsche is a surprisingly good candidate. Porsche has the money. Porsche with Land-Rover, Jaguar and Volvo could be very interesting and complementary. Much more so then VW. All three are relatively small brands, very characteristic, very known, very individualistic, very dedicated and loyal customers and potentially very high margin. Sounds like a description of Porsche, doesn’t it?

And I thought it was a fake…

 

Watching an episode of the second season of “Las Vegas” with James Caan, I was fascinated by the car he drives as his film persona Ed Deline. The first shots of the car were so short, I never even bothered to look closer and find out what model it is.

Then the car started to play some kind of role. And I thought, nooo, this is no Aston, it looks fake, a bit like a replica based on a Corvette or Mustang. It looks…