VW Chairman Piech wants to buy motorcycle manufacturer
by Jeremy Korzeniewski (RSS feed) on Apr 16th, 2008 at 1:33PM
click on the above image to view a high-res gallery of the VW GX3Ferdinand Peich, the Chairman of Volkswagen, wishes that the German automaker had purchased Ducati all the way back in 1985 when the iconic Italian motorcycle marque was experiencing financial troubles and was for sale. "I would still like a small, valuable motorcycle manufacturer," says the 71-year-old Peich, who rides a Ducati himself. Considering the close ties that Volkswagen has with Porsche, which helped create Harley-Davidson's sportiest models, we could imagine some amazing two-wheeled creations rolling out of Wolfsburg.... Read More
