IS THE the first step towards a VW motorcycle?Reports in the Financial Times Germany yesterday said that there has been talks between Suzuki and VW. The paper claimed that it had been told about the meetings by a high-ranking Suzuki manager

GERMAN car company VW has said that it wants to buy Ducati!VW top man Ferdinand Piech already tried to take control of Ducati back in 1985 when the company was in financial crisis.The news comes just a month after VW announced that it was in talks

with the German carmaker.Securing a 19.9 percent stake in Suzuki, the main reason behind the alliance that started in December 2009 was to increase VW’s prescence in India for small 1-litre cars and give Suzuki access to hybrid and diesel technology it could

initial story here.Sadly, the move is purely a car-based one, with no imminent plans to involve Suzuki motorcycles. However, Suzuki and VW will be tapping into each other's technology, so who knows what lies ahead“Europe is shifting to compact and small

IN all the kerfuffle over Ducati's buyout by Audi one key point has largely been missed – namely that the biggest Ducati fan in the whole VW empire could have been forced out just as the deal was being confirmed.Ferdinand Piech, chairman

manufacturer Mahindra and German car groups such as Volkswagen and BMW. However Mercedes Benz, who recently became a partner with Ducati, were not mentioned.VW were linked to buying Ducati back in 2009, as the German marque's chairman and Ducati rider

That august body of work, the Daily Mail, are running some pap shots of David Beckham riding the streets of Malibu, California on what appears to be a high powered motorcycle, possibly capable of attaining speeds approaching one hundred miles per hour.Their informed scribes have ...

subsidiary of Volkswagen, taking on Ducati's debts, believed to be in the region of 200 million Euros.The VW group already comprises a multitude of brands; Audi, Seat, Skoda, Bentley, Bugatti, MAN, Scania and Lamborghini as well as defunct brands like Auto

REUTERS is reporting that Ducati has been sold to Audi for some 860 million Euros and that the deal will be officially announced tomorrow.The deal sees Audi taking on Ducati's debt, the level of which is unclear, and will finally give VW boss

to pull out.Mercedes, who with AMG have recently entered a contra-deal with Ducati would likely be sidelined if the Audi deal were to go ahead.What is strange about the supposed deal is that it wouldn't be Audi buying Ducati, as they're wholly owned by VW