Despite still defending present Alfa's quality, I'm not so sure how well VAG did to Lamborghini.
Yes, it's still alive but it's also half dead and is forced to make this much little money. A friend working there recently told me that they have to give to Audi a certain paret of their profit per each car sold, based on each dealer's capacity.
Meaning that smaller dealers generate more profit for Lamborghini, larger ones generate more for Audi.
In order to give Audi as little as possible many cars were sold via small dealers which had still some margin, while larger dealers were officially selling anymore once reached a certain figure.
This resulted in some not so happy buyers, and in a not so happy situation with Audi. Presently they are also selling less car than last year too, so the problem isn't present as of now, but may come out again.
Like Ferrari with Maserati, Audi is moving the design offices/figures to Germany, which isn't a problem right now, but if/when Audi should put a distance between itself and Lamborghini, the Italian company would risk to be left out int he cold with little to warm itself with.
That's sort of what Ferrari did with Maserati, which is presently struggling a little to start again having lost many technical resources.
I'd rather leave everything as it is right now, and wait for the next gen of Alfas (starting with the Giulietta) to be completed.
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