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Harley + Ducati ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Spud" data-source="post: 1369564" data-attributes="member: 17601"><p>HD is a business. Everyone makes the mistake of thinking that better technology / better motorcycles = company success. Not so. Sales are what count. From a business point of view, still selling ancient tech for top dollar is a great strategy.</p><p></p><p>If they want to by Duc it's just going to be a business decision. They don't need engineering or ideas for new products from Duc. I'm sure they have enormous R&D budget and can just buy competitor's bikes and have their engineers copy others' designs like the 4 Japanese companies have always done. When they wanted to build a performance motor they just subcontracted to Porsche to design the V-rod motor.</p><p></p><p>I don't care too much about either company, but I'd rather have HD own Duc than VW. I'm not a big fan of the world's largest automaker who intentionally programmed vehicles to cheat emissions tests so they could (and did) gain an massive unfair advantage over their rivals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spud, post: 1369564, member: 17601"] HD is a business. Everyone makes the mistake of thinking that better technology / better motorcycles = company success. Not so. Sales are what count. From a business point of view, still selling ancient tech for top dollar is a great strategy. If they want to by Duc it's just going to be a business decision. They don't need engineering or ideas for new products from Duc. I'm sure they have enormous R&D budget and can just buy competitor's bikes and have their engineers copy others' designs like the 4 Japanese companies have always done. When they wanted to build a performance motor they just subcontracted to Porsche to design the V-rod motor. I don't care too much about either company, but I'd rather have HD own Duc than VW. I'm not a big fan of the world's largest automaker who intentionally programmed vehicles to cheat emissions tests so they could (and did) gain an massive unfair advantage over their rivals. [/QUOTE]
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