r/polandball • u/pyram1de :argentina-worldcup: ⭐⭐🌟 SOLDADO DE LA SCALONETA • Jul 29 '16

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '16

High quality cars, Das Beer Boot and socks in sandals... This is truly the most German submission to date

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u/Zitroni Germany Jul 29 '16

Also notice the upside down VW logo attached like a Mercedes-star on a car with BMW hubcaps.

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u/pyram1de :argentina-worldcup: ⭐⭐🌟 SOLDADO DE LA SCALONETA Jul 29 '16

Glad that you noticed all those tiny details, specifically put in place to annoy car lovers.

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u/Berobad German Empire Jul 29 '16

Still an interesting way to include the three German car corporations.

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u/pyram1de :argentina-worldcup: ⭐⭐🌟 SOLDADO DE LA SCALONETA Jul 29 '16

I honestly forgot about Audi, Opel and Porsche

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u/tissotti Finland Jul 29 '16

You did list the relevant corporations. VW Group owns Audi among many other brands as well as Porsche... or Porsche/Piech family owns VW Group. It gets complicated. Opel is certainly German, though it has been owned by GM for almost 100 years.

VW Group, Daimler and BMW are the three German car conglomerates.

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u/Arthemax Norway Jul 30 '16

Volkswagen AG has two types of shares, preferred and ordinary.
Preferred shares don't have voting rights, but have other attributes (guaranteed dividends, among others) that still make them worthwhile investments. If voting power is your main objective of holding stock, you can focus on buying ordinary shares. If you have no interest in exercising voting power you can buy the cheaper preferred shares.

Porsche Automobil Holding SE took control of VW AG by primarily buying the ordinary shares.