Ducati for sale?

Looks like the equity company which owns Ducati is looking to sell. Possible buyers Mahindra or VW. I'm not which is more worrying, an Indian cheap and cheerful car maker or the German conglomerate whose chairman is reported as saying he 'drives' Ducati's.

I reckon merc/AMG will take it over, as there have been some odd ongoing ties with them for racing and road bikes from what I have seen and read.

Hopefully whoever buys it won't take anything away from a great motorcycling establishment

Mahindra, whilst they do make cars, are a global force in tractors, being world number one in terms of units sold. I've actually visited one of their production plants in Mumbai - it's not the last word in automated production but it was a surprisingly modern facility.

You could say the same of Tata and Jaguar/Land Rover (and Tetley Tea!) - they don't seem to have suffered.

I'd probably resist the VW approach more, for fear of removing character from the brand.

Lets hope if a Indian or Chinese company get it they don't do similar things like the parent company of beneli did, will post a link up about it when I am back In front of a bigger screen

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That could be interesting, they didn't fart around after they bought Bugatti.

Ducati Veyron anyone?

Vorsprung Duc Technik indeed!

Wonder if they'll do the 'leading through technology' slogan in Italian

what ever the case I think Rossi will be saying good bye to Ducati at the end of the year.
he certainly got burnt on this one.