Daimler's luxury car compatriot, Bayerische Motoren Werke, may reportedly also join in the attack.
"A breakup of the company is now possible, " Bayerische Landesbank analyst Christoph Gmeinwieser told Forbes.com.
LB, Landesbank Berlin, Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz and Bayerische Landesbank all have uncertain futures and lack clear business strategies.
As a group automobiles gained 3.4% with Bayerische Motoren Werke AG surging 3.9% and Daimler AG up 3.1%.
Thanks to pressure from the European Union, public-sector banks, including Bayerische Landesbank, will also have to rethink their business.
And politics is still present, via Bayerische Landesbank, the Kirch group's biggest creditor.
Slec is 75% by the banks Bayerische Landesbank, JP Morgan and Lehman Brothers, with Ecclestone's family trust controlling the remainder.
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Kirch collapsed in 2002, with three banks - Bayerische Landesbank, Lehman Brothers and JPMorgan - taking over its stake in F1.
It notes companies such as Porsche, Ericsson, Bayerische Motoren Werke, or BMW, Volkswagen, Siemens and technology company SAP fit into this category.
Take the big German banks: Deutsche, Dresdner, Commerzbank, and Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank.
Daimler's luxury car compatriot, Bayerische Motoren Werke (other-otc: BAMXF - news - people ), may reportedly also join in the attack.
There has already been some consolidation among Landesbanks: the state banks in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein joined forces earlier this month, and Bayerische Landesbank has swallowed the tiny Landesbank Saar.
The Dow Jones EURO STOXX Supersector Index for automakers was down 5.6%, at the close on Friday with Renault, Bayerische Motoren Werke and Volkswagen some of the worst hit auto stocks.
Or the threat may have come from another predator: Bayerische Vereinsbank sought a merger with a Bavarian rival, Hypobank, because its management was scared of being gobbled up by Deutsche Bank.
Last Friday, Bayerische Landesbank and Rabobank both pulled out.
Today Peguform still exists, thanks to infusions from customers like Volkswagen, DaimlerChrysler and Bayerische Motoren Werke, who still need its bumper parts and were enraged that their production schedules were put in jeopardy.
Mr Kohlhaussen has a tendency to balk at headline-grabbing deals, even at the last minute: in 1996, he pulled out of a merger with Bayerische Vereinsbank (now HypoVereinsbank) days before it was due to be announced.
In the sector overall though, Johnson sees unwavering demand in specialty car makers, such as Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW), Mercedes-Benz and Lexus, because they don't have the same huge footprint as the bigger car manufacturers, but it also means that they don't need to make as many sales to see profits.
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