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Ben Gilbert: belief

27 Jun 2023 Acquired Porsche (with Doug DeMuro)

“I think you're right that scale economies enable them to be in the SUV business, which has great margins.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Ben Gilbert
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
27 Jun 2023
Publisher
Acquired

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…Yeah. They definitely, especially relative to Ferrari, have scale economies being part of the VW Group that they can be in SUVs in a way that Ferrari can't. I think you're right that scale economies enable them to be in the SUV business, which has great margins. That's a thing that you would need to have all these deep partnerships with other car brands in order to do that or be owned by one. I think that is a differentiating factor against Ferrari. But obviously, lots of other car brands are in the SUV business.…

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