I apologize for the formatting. (Maybe one of these days this site will get an upgrade) Figures are in millions of Euros.
Metric: VW : FCAU
Total Current Assets: 143,575 : 47,096
Total Current Liabilities:140,024 : 36,098
Total Assets: 374,019 : 105,795
Total Liabilities: 278,064 : 91,117
Source:
http://financials.morningstar.com/One of these companies can well afford to take a 20 billion hit if that's what it is.
VW will still be around well into the future. And probably without a government bailout. VW has a lot more financial stability than did GM and Chrysler, and look how it turned out for them.