I agree, the country that respects Italian motorcycle and automobiles the most is Japan, where they first made Italian bikes and cars under license after world war II, then year after year built up production expertise to keep costs down and quality high. After a while they did not need to hire Italian engine and body designers by doing it themselves. They went to the Italians (Giugiaro) when introducing the first Lexus to get the body style correct. Now Japan has a good version of the Vespa, the Guzzi, the Ducati, the Alfa, the Lancia, the Fiat and now Honda has ventured back into Formula 1 once again.

DON’T EVEN TRY TO SAY WHY PAGANI USE A GERMAN ENGINE. SINCE FERRARI,LAMBO OR MASERATI WILL NEVER SELL ENGINE TO COMPETITOR AND FOR PAGANI THE ONLY CHOICE WAS TO BUY FROM MERCEDES

IN THE CONTRACT OF DUCATI AND LAMBORGHINI WERE THAT BOTH COMPANY CANNOT BE MOVED OUT FROM ITALY AND MUST TO KEEP ITALIANS PEOPLE

ITALIANS ARE NOT STUPID TO SELL THE SHARES OF THEIR COMPANY TO GERMANY LIKE THAT .

FIRST OF ALL LAMBORGHINI AND DUCATI ARE TWO ITALIAN COMPANY INSIDE ITALIAN TERRITORY MADE BY ITALIAN ENGINEERS AND NOT GERMANS.

THEN LAMBORGHINI ENGINE IS INVENTED BY ITALIAN GIORGIO BIZZARRINI.
THE CEO OF LAMBORGHINI IS ONE OF THE ONLY GERMAN IN LAMBORGHINI THAT ANYWAY STUDIED AND GROW UP IN ROME FOR YEARS AND YEARS THAT’S ALSO WHY HE WAS SELECTED FOR THE POSITION. HE HAVE A VERY STRONG ITALIAN MENTALITY ABOUT CARS.

DUCATI DOESN’T NEED GERMAN TECHNOLOGY SINCE GERMANS ARE NOT VERY BRIGHT AND EXPERT ABOUT MOTORBIKES LIKE THE ITALIANS, SEE “DUCATI, MV AGUSTA, BIMOTA, “NEW VYRUS THAT TOM CRUISE ORDERED FROM ITALY”

DUCATI SOLD THE SHARES ONLY FOR INVESTIMENTS, THEY JUST HIT THE RECORD OF SALES IN THE PAST YEARS AND EVEN IF THEIR DEBT WAS HIGH THEY SOLD FOR INVESTIMENT MORE THEN FOR NEED.

LAMBORGHINI WAS PART OF AN AMERICAN COMPANY FOR A DECADES, SO LAMBORGHINI EVEN IF IS ITALIAN IS ALREADY FROM LONG TIME A PART OF A FOREIGNER GROUP.

WHEN A COMPANY SELL THE SHARES TO ANOTHER GROUP IT MEANS THAT THE PROFIT OF THE COMPANY WILL GO TO THE LARGEST GROUP INSTEAD THEIR WALLET ANYMORE.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT HAPPENED WITH LAMBORGHINI, IS THAT LAMBORGHINI WILL USE GERMANS CASH INSTEAD ITALIAN AND THEIR PROFIT WILL GO TO VW INSTEAD THEM.

ITALIANS DOESN’T NEED TO LEARN TECHNOLOGY FROM GERMANS SINCE ITALY IS THE LEADER FOR CARS AND MOTORBIKES IN THE WORLD
SEE FERRARI,MASERATI,LAMBORGHINI,PAGANI ZONDA,ALFA ROMEO, NEW EVANTRA, SPADA CODATRONCA.

Ferrari is the oldest surviving team in Grand Prix racing, having competed since 1932, and statistically the most successful Formula One team in history with a record of 15 drivers’ championships. As a constructor, Ferrari has 16 constructors’ championships.
The Ferrari team has achieved unparalleled success in Formula One and holds many significant records including:
Most constructor championships: 16
Most driver championships: 15
Most Grands Prix participated (all-time): 841
Most Grands Prix started (all-time): 839[3]
Most wins (all-time): 219[4]
Most wins (season): 15 (shared with McLaren)
Most podiums (all-time): 658
Most podiums (season): 29
Most one-two finishes (all-time): 81
Most pole positions (all-time): 207
Most WCC points (all-time): 5,016.5
Most WDC points (all-time): 5,918.27
Most fastest laps (all-time): 227
Highest winning percentage (for teams with at least 10 wins): ~26%

Ferrari is also the most successful F1 engine manufacturer, with 220 wins.

AUDI AND VW DOESN’T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE ABOUT MOTORBIKES AND THEY BOUGHT THE SHARES OF DUCATI ONLY FOR LEARN FROM ITALIAN.

ARE ALWAYS GERMANS THAT STICK THE NOSE INSIDE ITALIAN YEARD, IF THEY ARE SO GOOD WHY THEY DON’T MAKE ITALIAN COMPANY GO BANNKRUPT INSTEAD HELP THEM TO BECAME MORE STRONGER…
GERMANS NEED TO LEARN……AND THE ONLY WAY TO COMPETE WITH ITLAIANS IS TO BUY THE SHARES FROM THEIR COMPANY.

WHY THE GERMANS OWNER OF VW DREAMED OF DUCATI,LAMBORGHINI,ETC ETC FOR YEARS .LOL

BUGATTI MADE 300 MODELS AND THEY DIDN’T EVEN SOLD HALF OF THEM, THEY REPORTED THAT SOON THEY WILL STOP THE PRODUCTION OF THE VEYRON.

PORSCHE WAS SAVED FROM VW LAST WEEK SINCE THEY WERE READY TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY

ABOUT YOUR COMMENTS ON EUROPE,SOUTH AND NORTH

ITALY NEVER GOT A DIME FROM NOBODY IN EUROPE, ITALY IS THE THIRD LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR AT YEAR TO THE EUROPEAN UNION, THIRD LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE EUR,SECOND LARGEST MANUFACTURER INDUSTRY IN EUROPE,SECOND LARGEST EXPORTER,THIRD LARGEST GOLD RESERVE IN THE WORLD.

BY A CREDIT SUISSE REPORT ITALIANS OWN 12.7 TRILLIONS $, MORE THEN 80 % OF ITALIANS ARE HOMEOWNERS WHILE GERMANS ARE 40 %

BY THE LAST STATISTIC MADE BY THE EU THE WEALTHY OF THE ITALIAN FAMILY ARE EQUAL TO 175%, GERMANS 126%,BRITISH AND AMERICANS UNDER 100%.

ITALY CONTRIBUTE TO THE AID OF IRELAND,SPAIN,GREECE AND PORTUGAL WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY THAN FRANCE AND ONLY A LITTLE LESS THEN GERMANY,SINCE GERMANY HAVE 81 MILLION PEOPLE AND ITALY 58.
ITALY MAKE UP 17 % OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMY, MORE THEN AUSTRIA,NETHERLANDS,SWEDEN,FINLAND,ETC ETC

ITALY IS MEMBER OF THE G8 AND G20 MOST POWERFUL AND INDUSTRIALIZED NATION IN THE WORLD

BEFORE TALK ABOUT CARS YOU NEED TO LEARN ABOUT THEM

I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS:

GO TO CHECK ON YAHOO “ITALO FERRARI TRAIN ON CNN NEWS”

This from an American! (Who says they have no sense of irony?!)

Everybody in their right damn mind know that Lambo will always be a Lambo. Ducati will continue to be 2 wheels and Audi will always have something up their very clever and advanced technological sleeve. Some things CAN NOT change…and I’m in California and I see it clearly from here. Pacific Daylight Time

european brands dominates the market.

Reckon Bosch might as well buy the entire German car industry seeing as everything electronic or electrical on a German car comes from them not to mention anything with a blue dot that makes a noise and everything with three letter acroynm. They could do Ducati’s electronics now too.

It that Cool, or really Horrifying..?

If I read the remarks here about the advantages of an european union you just sound
like our politicians. The reality however is that you just can’t throw everything in
a melting pot and expect it to function within 10 years. The germans are getting very
very sick to pay for the rest of (south) Europe. The mentality qua economy, saving etc are
in the southern countries so much different that it won’t work. What’s the next thing,
let germans cook spaghetti and the italians bradwurst with sauerkraut ???

Well, if you see what BMW is doing to Husqvarna this doens’t sound so ridiculous to me.
Don’t let Germans tell Italians how to design bikes. Maybe the Germans could do the
building, but that’s all.