Faced with billions of euros in costs for its emissions cheating scandal, Volkswagen Group may have to consider an overhaul of a 12-brand empire built in the last two decades that makes everything from mass-market cars to motorbikes and heavy trucks.While VW in the past could afford to prop up financially struggling divisions such as the Spanish Seat unit, Bugatti supercar nameplate and MAN heavy trucks with robust profit from Porsche and Audi, that money will now need to help cover costs linked to the crisis.
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