Ferdinand Piech, engineer who forged VW into giant, dies at 82
Auto August 26, 2019, 0 Comment 5The grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, who founded the maker of the famed 911, Ferdinand Piech became VW CEO in 1993 amid losses, quality problems and high costs. Dominating and demanding, he gained a cult following by engineering a turnaround that eventually made Volkswagen a global giant with the purchase of Bentley, Bugatti and his crowning achievement — Porsche.
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