Lamborghini Worked on IPO Pitch Well Before Volkswagen CEO Asked Brands for Plan

  • Luxury-car maker says preparations good for clarity on value
  • Parent had asked brands to come up with virtual equity stories

Attendees view the Lamborghini Urus Performante at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering in Carmel, California, US, on Aug. 19.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Porsche AG isn’t the only Volkswagen AG brand that has been quietly preparing for a potential initial public offering.

Italian luxury-car maker Lamborghini has been developing a strategy how to present itself to stock-market investors since well before Volkswagen asked each of its brands to come up with virtual equity storiesBloomberg Terminal, according to the unit’s Chief Executive Officer Stephan Winkelmann.