The Volkswagen Group controls more than a dozen brands and has more than half a million employees around the globe. Understandably, such complexity is difficult to oversee from a centralized hub which is why we may see the automaker’s management and corporate structure reorganized into four separate units.
Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper citing company sources is reporting that the VW Group may be transformed into four separate holding companies. One unit would be in charge of mainstream brands Volkswagen, Skoda and Seat, and led by former BMW executive Herbert Diess.
Audi together with its own subsidiaries Lamborghini, Ducati and design house Italdesign Giugiaro would form another unit, while Porsche together with ultra-luxury brands Bugatti and Bentley would form a third unit.
The fourth and final unit would be made up of commercial vehicles brands VW Commercial Vehicles, Scania and MAN, according to the report.
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