The Volkswagen Group now has 11 brands under its control, including Ducati motorcycles, which it added earlier this year.
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For the Volkswagen Group, that means China is the fast becoming the lead buyer of their Bentleys and Porsches.
Much of the technology has been developed jointly by the Volkswagen Group Electronics Research Lab in Silicon Valley and Stanford University.
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That institution happens to be the house bank of Porsche, part of the Volkswagen group, on whose supervisory board Mr Wulff sat during his Lower Saxony premiership.
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Their rival Audi, being part of the massive Volkswagen Group, already has access to the technology and platforms it needs to make profitable small cars.
The benefits are mutual: a big reason's for Audi's high profitability is its ability to share technology and platforms with the bigger Volkswagen group, whose brands range from Porsche to Bentley to Skoda.
Such indecision might be seen as a sign of disagreement within Volkswagen Group about the best way forward.
Mr Schreiber's suggestion that Volkswagen Group's plant in Bratislava might get the new Bentley is based on its proven ability to produce SUV models for other marques within the group, such as the Audi's Q7 and the Volkswagen Touareg.
His actual powers are to be put to the test on 3 May, when the futures of both Mr Piech and Volkswagen Group chief executive Bernd Pischetsrieder will be decided.
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It is also empowering the high-end navigation systems of VW group brands Volkswagen and Skoda.
The CrossBlue was designed in Germany under the leadership of Walter de Silva (Head of Design, Volkswagen Group) and Klaus Bischoff (Head of Design, Volkswagen Brand), in close coordination with Volkswagen of America.
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While group chief executive, Piech started the collection of luxury brands under the Volkswagen umbrella.
"The CrossBlue concept is exactly the right type of vehicle for the U.S. market, " said Jonathan Browning, President and CEO, Volkswagen Group of America.
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