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Ferdinand Piech's dream may be on the verge of coming true: Audi is reaching out to potentially buy Ducati to bring Piech to the pinnacle of his entrepreneurial career with "Project Eagle." As you read these lines, the integration of Porsche into the Volkswagen empire is nearing completion, and also due this year is the further consolidation of the truck business with increased synergy between Scania and MAN. And had it not been for General Motors' unexpected rise to its former glory, the VW Group would have climbed to the global top of the sales chart long before its 2018 target date.

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The second you sit down low into the firm sport seat, legs stick-ing out ahead of you, thumbs slotting into the perfectly proportioned steering-wheel rim where it tapers at quarter-to-three, everything feels familiar. Then you turn the ignition key located to the left of the wheel -- echoing the days when Le Mans racers twisted the key with their left hand and selected a gear with the right to save time -- and wuuum! Rev the mid-mounted flat six, and again it's deja vu as a slightly loose and raspy metallic roar trembles through the seatback and reverberates in your eardrums. No doubt about it, this is the Porsche Boxster we remember.