VW bought Ducati

[stubbicatt]

http://www.gp-inside.com/News/Detail/1194

[madvlad]

Great... duc is doomed lol

[Fumet5uNo]

That would be out standing vw bought a large chunk of Suzuki a few years back vw funded allot of suzuki's hand it would be cool to see what they could do with Ducati

[Mother Goose]

For those of us that don't speak Spanish. ;)

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gp-inside.com%2FNews%2FDetail%2F1194&act=url

[laspariahs]

Well, their quality certainly isn't going to go up.

[Fumet5uNo]

For those of us that don't speak Spanish. ;)

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gp-inside.com%2FNews%2FDetail%2F1194&act=url

Lol.... French my friend

[Fumet5uNo]

I will give vw a chance they hold allot in the auto world only fear is Ducati will be renamed

[laspariahs]

I will give vw a chance they hold allot in the auto world only fear is Ducati will be renamed

I highly highly doubt they will be renamed, VW owns Lamborghini and Bugatti which weren't renamed.

[Fumet5uNo]

It's more of a joke, 2013 volkswagen "ja seine schnelle" 1198

[thankgod]

http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n544/automaticchrist/GERMANS.png

[CaptGoodvibes]

On my third VW now. Almost 11 years of very decent reliability. I like the brand.

[Mac020]

Tose Cherman's... 1st the MINI... Now the Duc!.... Cool....

[Mother Goose]

Lol.... French my friend
Well, when in Rome...

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/50495_2202978350_2088_n.jpg

[KazeXenami]

Oh no...they're gonna standardize the Duc's on a 2.0T engine... all models will have the same frame with minor changes so they can classify them as different models... all of which will absurdly heavy... LOL

[Canuck]

Hmmm. I thought HERO motors would buy Ducati.

[Fumet5uNo]

we cant jump the gun AMG is in the market also

[~Barn~]

Very savvy move by VW.

[CYCLE_MONKEY]

Ahhhh, well.....

[Nick_Ninja]

Franks Welt gerade implodiert. :D

[SaShWhO]

it's a good thing.:applause::applause::applause:
time to show those fascist bastards a little something about how to build a decent machine:viking:

[Nick_Ninja]

it's a good thing.:applause::applause::applause:
time to show those fascist bastards a little something about how to build a decent machine:viking:

That's why you ride rice? :think:

[CYCLE_MONKEY]

So....now ducati is going to use an air-cooled flat-four???

[SaShWhO]

That's why you ride rice? :think:

stand by.......:doublefinger:

[Airreed]

Maybe VW will be in some designers/engineers that can figure out how to fix the dreaded leaky gas tank that plagues numerous Ducati models....

[Nick_Ninja]

stand by.......:doublefinger:


:lol:

On a lighter note -- it has all the makings of the next Daimler-Benz / Chrysler match up :silly:

[crypto0793]

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[CYCLE_MONKEY]

Well, to their credit, Audi did a great job of keeping Lamborghini "Italian", so...

[mdub]

eh they own'd porche and porche seems to be ok.

[CaptGoodvibes]

The German horde pillages Italy once again. ;)

[CaptGoodvibes]

eh they own'd porche and porche seems to be ok.

Actually Porsche owns VW. Well, technically, they have merged but the folk at Porsche call the shots.

[Fumet5uNo]

Maybe VW will be in some designers/engineers that can figure out how to fix the dreaded leaky gas tank that plagues numerous Ducati models....

LOl i know the feeling but one of them didnt kick in tell 22k

[Penadam]

Not sure why people think vw is going to mess up ducati. VW has Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley and Porsche as high performance brands. Think they know a thing our two about building good vehicles.

[Cap'n Crunch]

Could've been worse... But maybe this will give Ducati more capital to develop new bikes.

[Canuck]

Actually Porsche owns VW. Well, technically, they have merged but the folk at Porsche call the shots.

No. That was the case 3 years ago. Until Porsche got in trouble with the legalities of it. Now VW is buying the rest of the shares in Porsche for a proper takeover.

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE80L0RW20120122?irpc=932

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2009/gb20090720_048461.htm

[Titus]

Very savvy move by VW.

+1. This will be beneficial for both companies.

[CaptGoodvibes]

No. That was the case 3 years ago. Until Porsche got in trouble with the legalities of it. Now VW is buying the rest of the shares in Porsche for a proper takeover.

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE80L0RW20120122?irpc=932

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2009/gb20090720_048461.htm

They may be moving in that direction. But right now, Porsche owns 50.73% of VW and VW owns 49.9% of Porsche. Actually, VW doesn't even own itself. But Porsche is 90% family owned. All this business mumbo jumbo is silly. Let's get back to bashing VW for saving Ducati. ;)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204124204577150560971351488.html

[CYCLE_MONKEY]

Them damn krauts are just trying to take over the world again via the car industry, in the 4th Reich. Next thing you know they'll be building ovens......

[SaShWhO]

we've begun building ovens and extra trains already!!!:up:

[Ghost]

Them damn krauts are just trying to take over the world again via the car industry, in the 4th Reich. Next thing you know they'll be building ovens......

Holocaust Jokes. Funny.

[grim]

we've begun building ovens and extra trains already!!!:up:

:spit:

No that's funny...wrong but funny.