Volkswagen interested in buying Ducati?

[Porsche Monkey]

The 2 of them are under all kinds of investigations as far as stock manipulations and fraud I believe.

Dolph     

Yup thats the buzz around here these days.   

[gregrnel]

Okay, just to bury the VW reliability thing, and not that Consumer Reports is the end all be all but the ratings are from real user data.

Used cars to avoid

Volkswagen Cabrio '99,
'01-02; Eos '07;
Golf '02-03;
 GTI (turbo) '02-03, '06-07;
Jetta (4-cyl.) '99-00, '03, '05;
Jetta (turbo) '01-04, '06;
Jetta (V6) '00-01, '03;
New Beetle '99-07;
Passat (FWD) '99-04, '06-07;
Passat (V6, AWD) '00-01, '07;
Touareg '04-06, '08

Quite a large list

And they continuously score "The Rest" - Lowest rating from JD Powers every year for dependability.
So, no I do not want Ducati to be taken over by a company that has little or no respect for quality. If it came down to it, I'd pick Honda or Toyota to buy Ducati over VW.

[NAKID]

Okay, just to bury the VW reliability thing, and not that Consumer Reports is the end all be all but the ratings are from real user data.

Used cars to avoid

Jetta (turbo)  '06;
Passat FWD 07;
Touareg '08

I have owned (and currently own) these with no problems...

[greenohawk69]

I find this whole thread about unreasonable loyalty to a brand that isn't notoriously reliable sort of rediculous here. VW has deep pockets, and do some awfully impressive things.

BMW ring a bell. 


You would rather Ducati gets bought out by HD?

Yes...then I could go to one place for both of my cycles to get fixed.   

[Popeye the Sailor]

I find this whole thread about unreasonable loyalty to a brand that isn't notoriously reliable sort of rediculous here. VW has deep pockets, and do some awfully impressive things.

BMW ring a bell. 

Not really-I don't own a BMW.

[jwoconnor]

And I must comment on the VW cars being bad:
VW car is a synonym for sturdiness, reliability and absolute indestructivness.

Ha, that there is funny.

[Scotzman]

I find this whole thread about unreasonable loyalty to a brand that isn't notoriously reliable sort of rediculous here. VW has deep pockets, and do some awfully impressive things.


You would rather Ducati gets bought out by HD?

I think I'm going to make this into a huge poster for my garage/office. Very cool.