by waaytoomuchintothis » Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:13 pm
That's one of the longest stories in racing. You can trace it all the way back to when Ferry Porsche was a driver (in competition with Enzo Ferrari), and working for Auto Union. Into the mix goes the Great Depression, WWII, the Cold War, German Reunification, the European Union and plenty more, including VW not being Volkswagen anymore yet owning Bentley. More specific to your question, the short version is that they have been connected and not connected on and off forever.