Mercedes consider purchasing Ducati

Mercedes consider purchasing Ducati

The partnership signed last year at the LA Auto Show between AMG and Ducati could pass an initial sponsorship of the Ducati MotoGP Valentino Rossi to something much deeper

Mercedes nteresse never hidden for Ducati
Car manufacturers have always been attracted to the motorcycle world. At the time there was talk of a motorcycle after the Volkswagen agreement with Japan’s Suzuki, as well as an Audi.

There could not think of another German brand, the Mercedes has come close to two-wheeled electric scooter with a brand Smart. Then he thought that, instead of building on his motorcycle, you can get into the business comprandosela motorcycle. Not in the sense of a model, but in the sense of a company builder. We talked again last year, describing a replica of Stuttgart strategies and passions of the big boss in Wolfsburg, that Ferdinand Piech has a garage well stocked desmodromic. But let’s take a quick history of how the relationship evolved between the two premium brands.

At first it was a collaboration Mercedes – Ducati
It all starts this summer at the World Ducati Week 2010, when visitors of the event organized by Ducati’s house were able to admire the new Mercedes SLK Mercedes as the Naked, and Infomotori tried and AMG Mercedes SLS GT3, born for racing track.
We wondered just what had happened to the close collaboration with Alfa Romeo, also saw the car in Arese are also the official Superbike World Championship.

Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/r4fO7Zt5_Er/Mercedes+consider+purchasing+Ducati

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