Europecar bought by VAG group

Warkman58 · 24 Nov 21, 10:14 PM

French officials have agreed to allow VAG group to purchase. Europecar.
Could be interesting…

DFCH-Andy · 24 Nov 21, 10:50 PM

What / whos VAG?

I see mention of Volkswagen.

keith1973 · 24 Nov 21, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by DFCH-Andy

What / whos VAG?

I see mention of Volkswagen.

I believe it’s Volkswagen Audi group

DFCH-Andy · 24 Nov 21, 11:09 PM

Ah.. I got Virgin Airline Group in my mind.

keith1973 · 24 Nov 21, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by DFCH-Andy

Ah.. I got Virgin Airline Group in my mind.

Might be thought it would be a strange thing for a car manufacturer to buy I’m going to look….it is VW group strange buy for them

luckystrikes · 24 Nov 21, 11:53 PM

That is an odd move.

I suppose they own companies like VW, Audi, Seat, Skoda etc so will have a wide variety of models to put into the pool of cats.

john w · 25 Nov 21, 12:05 AM

Years ago I worked for Godfrey Davis car hire. They were bought over by europcar who were owned by Renault at the time.

Mr Tom Morrow · 25 Nov 21, 07:38 AM

Originally Posted by john w

Years ago I worked for Godfrey Davis car hire. They were bought over by europcar who were owned by Renault at the time.

Godfrey Davis. Now there is a blast from the past.

Peko · 25 Nov 21, 10:38 AM

It’s part of a move into mobility services by VAG (meaning things like subscription models, car sharing etc, not mobility is the disability sense). Rental companies like Europcar have the fleet management and network capability for this.

Car manufacturers owning rental car companies isn’t unknown, Hertz was owned by Ford, and in fact Volkswagen previously owned Europcar, selling it in 2006.

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Peko Imagineer Join Date: Sep 16	It’s part of a move into mobility services by VAG (meaning things like subscription models, car sharing etc, not mobility is the disability sense). Rental companies like Europcar have the fleet management and network capability for this. Car manufacturers owning rental car companies isn’t unknown, Hertz was owned by Ford, and in fact Volkswagen previously owned Europcar, selling it in 2006.