Porsche Sells Bugatti, US Bans Chinese Cars, Trouble At Stellantis And More! THIS CAR POD EP109!
5/1/20261 hr 15 min
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
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Doug DeMuro· Host1:00
[tires screeching] [bell dinging] Hello, and welcome to This Car Pod.
Kenan· Host1:09
I'm Kenan.
Filippo· Host1:09
I'm Filippo.
Doug DeMuro· Host1:10
I'm Doug. Ryan Lopez is off-camera. Let's start with the news. Yes, Bugatti is the big news story of the week. Porsche is divesting. You heard about this?
Filippo· Host1:20
Of course.
Doug DeMuro· Host1:21
This is a big story. Porsche is, uh, had some financial troubles.
Filippo· Host1:24
Yeah.
Doug DeMuro· Host1:25
They used to make a lot of money, now they make very little money.
Filippo· Host1:28
Yeah.
Doug DeMuro· Host1:28
They decided to sell their stake