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...The court also heard that in late 2015 Mr Chappell spent money flying to the Bahamas, where his yacht was moored, and bought a Bentley car as well as some Beretta guns....
...Prosecutor Mark Bryant-Heron QC told the opening day of the trial on Thursday that Mr Chappell had the financial means to pay his corporation tax, income tax and VAT but “dishonestly chose not to”....
...Portfolio measures VW has a stable of 12 brands, ranging from Porsche and Bentley to Skoda and Ducati. It would be reluctant to part with any of them....
...While the VW group, which includes marques from Seat and Skoda to Bentley and Bugatti, accounts for one in every four cars sold in Europe, the US was a tougher prospect....
...German car exports to the UK last year were worth nearly €18bn, and carmakers such as Volkswagen, which owns Bentley, and BMW, owner of the Mini, both have production facilities in the UK....
...Huber willing to play tough when necessary In the twilight of his career, Berthold Huber finds himself at the helm of the world’s second-largest carmaker, writes Chris Bryant....
...Mr Piëch had an eye for trophy brands — Bugatti, Bentley and Lamborghini joined the VW stable in 1998 alone — and he transformed VW’s headquarters into a temple to carmaking....
...For example, VW spent £800m last year to upgrade its factory in Crewe and keep Bentley models “Made in Britain”, rather than building its new SUV model in Slovakia, which would have been cheaper....
...The offer confirmed VW’s reputation as an empire-building company, which now has 12 brands, spanning Audi, Bentley, Skoda and Ducati....
...For Daimler, which lacks a brand that competes directly with the likes of national rival Volkswagen’s Bentley or BMW’s Rolls-Royce, the deal will give it observer status on Aston’s board of directors in...
...“[Hybrid] is not only cool, it supports our DNA of performance,” says Wolfgang Schreiber, chief executive of Bentley....
...VW’s stable of brands now spans from Bentley and Bugatti to Audi, Skoda and Ducati. Last year the company generated €11.5bn in operating profit and sold more than 9m vehicles for the first time....
...Seat has been a perennial underperformer within the VW group, which spans marques such as Bentley and Bugatti, truckmakers Scania and Man SE and motorcycle maker Ducati....
...However, VW confirmed its full-year outlook for profits to reach the same level as last year and shares in the maker of Audi, Skoda and Bentley vehicles rose 3.5 per cent to €152.05 in early afternoon trading...
...Although VW was able to offer customers an unrivalled collection of brands that stretches from luxury marque Bentley to low-cost Skoda, it was ably assisted by its car finance division....
...Porsche joined brands such as Audi, Skoda, Bentley, MAN and Ducati under the VW umbrella. VW retains €10.6bn in net cash....
...Total sales at the VW Group, which includes luxury brands such as Audi and Bentley, jumped 11 per cent to 9.1m vehicles last year, of which almost 600,000 were delivered in the US....
...The German carmaker, whose stable of brands ranges from luxury marques Audi, Bentley and Bugatti to low cost Skoda, enjoyed a 7 per cent jump in operating profit to €6.5bn in the six months to the end of...
...The maker of the 911 sports car is set to join a stable of VW brands that stretches from luxury marques Bentley and Bugatti to truckmakers MAN and Scania and low-cost carmaker Skoda....
...The maker of the 911 sports car will now officially join a stable of VW brands that stretches from luxury marques Bentley and Bugatti to truckmakers MAN and Scania and low-cost carmaker Skoda....
...Porsche is poised to join a stable of 12 VW brands next month that spans truckmakers Scania and MAN, luxury marques Bugatti and Bentley, low-cost carmaker Skoda and motorcycle company Ducati....
...Daimler and VW drive into European downturn This was the week that the high-flying German cars sector came down to earth with a bump, writes Chris Bryant in Frankfurt....
...VW’s stable of 11 brands stretches from Skoda, the low-cost carmaker, to Scania, the truckmaker, and Bugatti and Bentley, the luxury marques....
...Its stable of 10 brands includes Bentley and Bugatti and the truckmakers MAN and Scania....
...For Wolfgang Dürheimer, Bentley’s chief executive, the barbed comments are nothing new....
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