CRed05 Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 http://www.quattroworld.com/audi-news/breaking-audi-agrees-to-purchase-italian-motorcycle-company-ducati/ Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 great, 2 failure companies under one roof. easier to take out when the nukes start flying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Lambo before audi = junk Lambo after audi = win ducati before audi = junk ducati after audi = ??? Italians :dumb: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 idk lambo seemed to be pretty win since, uh forever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patterson Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Saw this on Vortex the other day. Very interesting. Or Hopefully they figured out where they went wrong in WWII. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmuckingham Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Ducati was fine BEFORE Oodi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 idk lambo seemed to be pretty win since, uh forever? Clearly you know nothing about the company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssFo Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 idk lambo seemed to be pretty win since, uh forever? Countach LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buteo Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Ducati was fine BEFORE Oodi Exactly! They seem to be doing fine in the Superbike World Championships Year Champion Motorcycle 1990 Raymond Roche Ducati 851 1991 Doug Polen Ducati 888 1992 Doug Polen Ducati 888 1994 Carl Fogarty Ducati 916 1995 Carl Fogarty Ducati 916 1996 Troy Corser Ducati 916 1998 Carl Fogarty Ducati 916 1999 Carl Fogarty Ducati 996 2001 Troy Bayliss Ducati 996 2003 Neil Hodgson Ducati 999 2004 James Toseland Ducati 999 2006 Troy Bayliss Ducati 999 2008 Troy Bayliss Ducati 1098 2011 Carlos Checa Ducati 1098R Ducati has also won 16 SBK manufacturer world championships for years 1991–1996, 1998–2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009. and the new 1199 Panigale is plain nasty...with Rossi and Hayden I expect big things in the next few years. The only thing Audi has to worry about is not screwing anything up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyM3rC Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 The only thing Audi has to worry about is not screwing anything up. There's a big difference between winning races and having a successful company. Right Ferrari? Did you read where of the nearly the entire purchase price is buying their debt? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk Hay brah I thought you had a 1000? Why is it barely keeping up with my 600? BECAUSE DUCATI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 There's a big difference between winning races and having a successful company. Right Ferrari? Did you read where of the nearly the entire purchase price is buying their debt? LOL This guy gets it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bastard Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 volkswagon motorcycle :dumb: Countach LOL i actually like the styling on the older lambo's better, such as the countach and the diablo, while they may be slower, they are still only -150 hp from the cars built 20 years later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmuckingham Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk kachunk Hay brah I thought you had a 1000? Why is it barely keeping up with my 600? BECAUSE DUCATI Have you ever ridden a Duc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Have you ever ridden a Duc? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagner Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Audi seems to be the one stop shop of things that are expensive to buy, expensive to maintain, fun to drive. Summary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Summary Winning!:megusta: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmuckingham Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Yes. Then you should know why a 900 some CC Duc doesnt need to be the fastest in a straight line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc1647545523 Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r445/martyr65/ducati.jpg I think there's at least some truth in what each of you are saying, even though you disagree with each other. Ducati has been competitive in some racing categories, not in others. The company has had pretty rocky times with its sales figures and finances. If you value specs and straight-line performance, Ducati isn't a very good value. But there's more to the story than that. I wouldn't consider a Miata or a Lotus to be junk just because it has a slow time in the quarter mile. I wouldn't consider all Firebirds failures just because their brand is defunct or because their parent company went bankrupt. I wouldn't consider a Ferrari trash because it wasn't a good "value." I like the brand in general. Not every model, but the superbikes and cafes especially. I've owned 21 motorcycles now and can pretty much have any make/model there is. There's only one bike that ever left me stranded, and that was the Ducati 999. There's also only one bike that I can't bring myself to sell, and that's also the Ducati 999. More than any other bike I've ridden, the triple niner seems to almost have a "soul." Riding it is seems closer, to my mind, to riding a living, breathing being than it is to riding just a machine. It seems to never fail to lift my spirits. If you're a motorcyclist, I think you'll understand the feeling. My femme fatale, my siren ... http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r445/martyr65/999.jpg I hope a purchase by Audi will give Ducati financial stability and infuse resources for R&D and product improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted April 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 It's done https://www.audi-mediaservices.com/publish/ms/content/en/public/pressemitteilungen/2012/04/18/audi_ag_acquires_sports.standard.gid-oeffentlichkeit.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahnstoermer1647545488 Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Interesting... I hope they do good things for Ducati. Despite my first 1098 going back under lemon law, it was a tiny manufacturing problem Ducati chose to make a horrible issue out of. Seeing that they're company is worth $850M and they have $800M in debt, perhaps that now makes more sense. The 1098 is awesome. I hope Audi continues the great, exotic, soul-ful bikes and fixes the finances... Thinking out loud, what if they wanted to pull a Gallardo --> R8 in the motorcycle realm? That would allow them to offer something aginst BMWs S1000RR... :0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 i am in love with the hypermotard bikes, but i dont know that i can stomach the Ducati maintenance bills anymore. loved my monster, thing felt like a muscle car, that L-twin pulled like a freight train w. all the torque. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistedfocus1647545489 Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 i dont know that i can stomach the Ducati maintenance bills anymore. You could get a new Buell... Oh, no you can't because Harley is run by a bunch of fags. :no: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahnstoermer1647545488 Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 i am in love with the hypermotard bikes, but i dont know that i can stomach the Ducati maintenance bills anymore. loved my monster, thing felt like a muscle car, that L-twin pulled like a freight train w. all the torque. Yeah, if mine started delivering high maintenance bills I'd not be happy. I guess with 1100 miles though it shouldn't be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Alex- Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Ducaudi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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