| Author | Message | ||
     Crusty |
Wanna buy a Duck? http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/audi-buys-duc ati/ | ||
| Froggy |
Still nothing official, its just been a rumor for the last few weeks, but it is getting harder and harder for them to keep a lid on it. | ||
| Moxnix |
Front wheel drive coming next. | ||
| Hughlysses |
Front wheel drive coming next. Nah, Quattro, er, I mean Duo is next!  | ||
| Spike240sx |
Duc-Wagons! | ||
| Svh |
Reuters is reporting they were sold for $1.12 Billion plus debt to VW/Audi. Thats a lot of $$$! http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/17/us-audi- ducati-idUSBRE83G0HV20120417 | ||
| Midknyte |
DucAudi ? | ||
| Moxnix |
+1. | ||
| Fast1075 |
Thats just Awww Ducky  . | ||
| Rwven |
Volkscycle | ||
| Crusty |
The local supermarket sells Turducken. I've never tried one because I won't eat anything that starts with turd. However, maybe they should call the new bikes Volksduckens? | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
This is going to be interesting to watch. They are merging two entirely different corporate cultures. Look at cars. Ferrari is incredibly sexy, but Porsche -I'm sorry to say is- incredibly not sexy. | ||
| Trojan |
I wonder how long the Mercedes AMG/Ducati tie in will last now, and when the AMG sponsorship will disappear from the GP bikes  Maybe VW will declare all contracts void and give Rossia free get out clause from his nightmare GP season. | ||
| Hootowl |
I think Ducati is in good hands. | ||
| Mnrider |
That company has changed hands more that a Columbian ***** in the hands of the secret service.  | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Look at cars. Ferrari is incredibly sexy, but Porsche -I'm sorry to say is- incredibly not sexy. Audi seem to have done ok with Lamborghini though, & it'll be one in the eye for BMW too. | ||
| Socalbueller |
So Ducati is only worth $120,000 more than an Iphone app? In case some people didn't know Facebook bought Instagram (a free photo app) a few weeks ago for 1 billion dollars. IMO that is pretty F'ed up. | ||
| Bads1 |
Look at cars. Ferrari is incredibly sexy, but Porsche -I'm sorry to say is- incredibly not sexy. Wow never heard anyone say that.lol | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Funnily enough, about the only thing in the VW/Audi conglomerate stable that floats any sort of boat with me is the Porsche Panamera. | ||
| Xb1125r |
Here comes the A1199RR stepping all over the BMW S1000RR | ||
| Xb1125r |
AUDI = stupid they could have gotten it for pennies on the dollars, I would fire the executives that did the research idiots | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
AUDI = stupid they could have gotten it for pennies on the dollars, I would fire the executives that did the research idiots Well I wish you'd told me that before, I'd have bought Ducati myself if I'd known. They must have missed it, I mean they're only a worldwide motor manufacturer, with half a dozen successful brands, what would they know about buying a motorcycle company?! | ||
| Froggy |
Actually it is 10, Ducati will be number 11 once the paperwork is finalized, plus 5 more inactive brands. Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, MAN trucks, Scania, Seat (who names a car company after something you sit on?), Skoda, VW Cars, and VW Commercial. | ||
| Ferris_von_bueller |
VW is looking to become the largest auto manufacturer in the world. | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
Mr grumps, I forgot Audi had the Lambos. So maybe not so much of an issue the Teutonic and the tragic. BadS1, I love Porsche, but they are not poetry. They are prose- sometimes rhetoric or am I confusing them with BMW. | ||
| Bads1 |
Opinion they are pretty unmatched. | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
In what sense? | ||
| Guambra2001 |
I hope we can see a different Ducati logo |
