Porsche loan request rejected by KFW

By Aftab on Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Filled Under: Auto News

Porsche was seeking a government loan of Rs. $2.5b, but according to some new reports the company has confirmed that KFW (state bank of Germany) has rejected its loan request and now they are looking for some other financing sources.

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The company wanted to utilize that loan to support its bad to worse getting financial condition, but now it would try to find some other source to make up its cash shortfall of $3.5b.  In its efforts for the buyout of much larger automaker Volkswagen, the German automaker has amassed $12b in debt.

According to Porsche, it’s not going to submit another loan application to KFW.

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No talks with VW over small car alliance, Suzuki CEO says

By Aftab on Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Filled Under: Auto News

Osamu Suzuki, the director and CEO of Suzuki, has confirmed that they are not in talks with Volkswagen for  a small car alliance in which Volkswagen is going to invest. During the last week, there were rumors that Volkswagen was considering acquiring a 10% stake in Suzuki.

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In an interview with Chunichi Shimbun, Osamu says: “Right now, we are not in contact with Volkswagen for this issue, and just like before, we are again becoming a victim of lots of rumors.”

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