Thursday, March 15, 2012

Automotive News - April, Audi own Ducati

German carmaker, Audi, ready to buy shares of a sports motorcycle manufacturer from Italy, Ducati, in April next year.

Reported by autoevolution, Thursday, March 15 2012, Audi will officially bought Ducati in mid-April. Both agreed with the figure of U.S. $ 1.12 billion. Audi has long targeted the Audi. Even with intense enough they always involved a serious conversation with Ducati.

Ducati Investindustrial party as the owner indicated that the chances of Audi to invest in the Ducati is very large. Previously, BMW, Volkswagen, and India-based company, Mahindra Group is also interested in buying the stock Ducati.

As is known, Ducati had a crisis before it was eventually purchased by Investindustrial. But lately, Investindustrial reportedly has debts of U.S. $ 1.25 billion. This again led to a crisis on the Ducati.

Ducati was founded in 1926, and began producing motorcycles sport since 1946. Ducati has made several such models Diavel, Hypermotard, Monster, Multistrada, Streetfighter and Superbike. viva