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Automotive News Europe, February, 2006 by Weernink, Wim Oude
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Byline: Wim Oude Weernink
Rumors were swirling in spring 1998 that Lamborghini was about to be taken over - most likely by a German automaker. But on the eve of the Turin auto show nobody - especially me - expected to learn that the Volkswagen group was about to capture the Italian sports car maker.
The night before the show opened I was at an informal dinner in Turin.
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Among the guests was Lamborghini CEO Vittorio Di Capua. We sat across from each other at a long wooden table. He chatted freely in the noisy room about Lamborghini's future, saying that the carmaker needed ...
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