The situation was tilted in BMW's favour, as they could withdraw their engine supply with just 12 months notice, which was insufficient time for VW to re-engineer the Rolls-Royce cars to use VW's own engines.
A situación inclinouse a favor de BMW, xa que podían retirar o seu fornecemento de motores con só 12 meses de antelación, polo que houbo tempo suficiente para que VW re deseñara os coches Rolls-Royce para utilizar os propios motores de VW.