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Re: Audi might buy Ducati?

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:57 pm
by Grey Thumper
Heck, I'll bet most Ducati folk would just be happier to have more dealerships nearby.

Re: Audi might buy Ducati?

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:35 pm
by totalmotorcycle
Grey Thumper wrote:Heck, I'll bet most Ducati folk would just be happier to have more dealerships nearby.
Very true! It's hard to sell a brand when you don't have many dealerships.

Mike

Re: Audi might buy Ducati?

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:56 pm
by Wrider
Or like us, have one local dealership who mainly sells HDs, but also sells Moto Guzzi, Ducati, and BMW as a side business. A local guy bought an S1000RR, brought it in for the 600 mile service, and had to wait 3 weeks to get it back because the techs are all HD die-hards.

Re: Audi might buy Ducati?

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:14 am
by sapaul
Is this not the same group that built the Veyron ??

Re: Audi might buy Ducati?

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:11 am
by Wrider
Yup, and the same group that takes a loss of something like 2 Million per Veyron sold... lol

Re: Audi might buy Ducati?

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:48 am
by jstark47
Grey Thumper wrote:Heck, I'll bet most Ducati folk would just be happier to have more dealerships nearby.
Yeah, tell that to Moto Guzzi. There's one Guzzi dealership in New Jersey, and it's 80 miles away. I think you only have to go 50 miles to get a Ducati.....

Re: Audi might buy Ducati?

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:15 am
by sapaul
Wrider wrote:Yup, and the same group that takes a loss of something like 2 Million per Veyron sold... lol
My point exactly, maybe the have a few cuckoo of the wal guys that will encourage Ducati to stay on the edge.

Re: Audi might buy Ducati?

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:47 pm
by Brackstone
I'm not thrilled at anyone buying Ducati but at least it was Audi. I like their cars (can't afford one!) and I agre hopefully there will be more Ducati dealerships now because of this as well.

Re: Audi might buy Ducati?

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:06 pm
by Grey Thumper
Does that mean everyone who bought that incredibly tacky AMG Ducati Diavel now have an instant collector's item; the only AMG Audi product.