Mr. Samuelsson was viewed as an able manager, though he had clashed in the past with Ferdinand Piech, the chairman of both MAN .

萨缪尔森被看做一个有能耐的经理人，尽管他过去曾与曼公司与大众公司的主席费迪南德·皮耶希有冲突。

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Porsche, a carmaker controlled by the Piech and Porsche families, also had to be bailed out after a bid to buy Volkswagen backfired.

由皮耶希和保时捷家族控制的保时捷公司，在收购大众计划失败之后也只能等待紧急援助了。

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A likelier explanation is that he clashed, not for the first time, with the chairman of the Volkswagen Group, the wily Ferdinand Piech.

一个更有可能的解释是，他不是第一次与大众集团主席狡猾的费迪南德·皮希发生冲突。

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While group chief executive, Piech started the collection of luxury brands under the Volkswagen umbrella.

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The project's backers include the family of Ernst Piech, part of the Porsche dynasty.

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In particular, the role of Ferdinand Piech, chairman of Volkswagen's supervisory board, is muddying the waters.

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