{"id":2137289,"date":"2026-09-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2137289"},"modified":"2026-09-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:00:00","slug":"woah-porsche-just-made-e1bn-from-selling-off-its-stake-in-bugatti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2137289","title":{"rendered":"Woah, Porsche just made \u20ac1bn from selling off its stake in Bugatti"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Well, that\u2019s official then: the Rimac Group and a consortium of money have completed their takeover of Bugatti after Porsche agreed to sell off its stake in the speedy French carmaker earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It now means the Volkswagen Group \u2013 of which Porsche is a part \u2013 no longer has any stake in the manufacturer it brought back from the dead and quite literally propelled to worldwide fame. *Cough<\/em>* 300mph<\/a> *cough<\/em>*.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The boring financial details are such: Porsche and Rimac set up a joint venture in 2021<\/a>, Porsche holding a 45 per cent stake, Rimac the rest. Porsche also held 21 per cent in the Rimac Group itself, you\u2019ll remember. (Lots of tech sharing back then.)<\/p>\n

Under this new deal, a consortium led by HOF Capital \u2013 with BlueFive Capital as the largest investor \u201cand other institutional investors from the US and Europe\u201d \u2013 bought Porsche\u2019s stake in the Bugatti Rimac JV, and Porsche\u2019s stake in the Rimac Group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That\u2019s the money bit out the way. The human bit means Bugatti president Christophe Piochon \u2013 who\u2019s been at the carmaker for over two decades \u2013 will now step down, replaced by Mate Rimac himself. So he\u2019ll be the boss and<\/em> the president. Fairly big business cards incoming.<\/p>\n

More changes will follow, but there\u2019s lots happening in Molsheim, not least the small matter of something called the \u2018Tourbillon<\/a>\u2019, along with a new facility to build it in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Porsche meanwhile will pocket around \u20ac1,000,000,000 from the sale, which will no doubt be very welcome considering its profits absolutely tanked in 2025<\/a>. Around \u20ac250m of that \u20ac1bn will be spent on pension obligations. Spend the rest on a new sports car please, Mr Leiters.<\/p>\n

Top Gear’s foolproof three-point plan to save Porsche<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cPorsche has been a very valuable partner for all these years,\u201d said Rimac, \u201cenabling us to build strong foundations for the future of the brand.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think the future holds for both these brands?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, that\u2019s official then: the Rimac Group and a consortium of money have completed their takeover of Bugatti after Porsche agreed to sell off its stake in the speedy French carmaker earlier this year. It now means the Volkswagen Group \u2013 of which Porsche is a part \u2013 no longer has any stake in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-2137289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2137289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2137289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2137289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2137289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}