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Stéphane Dumas @ Jul 16th 2007 3:51PM
Be careful for what you wish for
The Peich family wants to made VW as the "GM of Europe", I could said then the Quandt family, the main stockholders of BMW wants to made BMW as the "GM of Bavaria", a interesting pipe-dream but.... maybe I'm pessimistic here. I won't be surprised to imagine then Carlos "Car tzar" Ghosn could be back with another offer to Ford to acquiring Volvo, there was a old rumor spotted at this French blog
http://www.leblogauto.com/2007/06/volvo-nouvelle-demande-en-mariage-de-renault.html
and an older topic at this French blog, some suspected then BMW might buy Volvo to eleminate an opponent in a more long-term
http://www.leblogauto.com/2007/05/bmw-serait-interesse-par-le-rachat-de-volvo-automobile.html
"I saw it as a scheme to get child support though, and quickly went back to bed with Mercedes."
That's a good one Jon, and a interesting "plan B" if Volvo didn't hold lots of profits for BMW as they originally planned.