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Are You the Ducati Desmosedici GP13?

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From www.asphaltandrubber.com - January 14, 11:57 PM

UPDATE: Nope, according to Italian TV’s Gudio Meda, it is a model built from leftover parts of the GP3 & GP7. For those picking out those design elements, good eye!

While the official launch of the Ducati Desmosedici GP13 is supposed to be tomorrow, the folks atGPinside have seemingly snagged this photo of the GP13 at the 2013 Wrooom event that Ducati co-hosts with Scuderia Ferrari. While the livery appears relative unchanged, there are several noticeable changes to the Desmosedici GP13, namely the skinnier tail section.

Our eyes also spot changes to the exhaust system, with a much shorter side-pipe, and what appears to be a larger undertail cannister. The fairings have also been refined from their previous shape, and give away a figure that’s longer than the GP12 (shown after the jump), with noticeably fewer side vents...

Vicki Smith for Ducati.net's insight:

Whatever it is, it's closer to the 1199 Panigale they showed last year.  Wrooom roll outs are a tough tradition to uphold, when the bike and team are in steep transition with a test looming....

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Today, in Borgo Panigale a bunch of Ducati people did a really nice thing.

Today, in Borgo Panigale a bunch of Ducati people did a really nice thing. | Ductalk | Scoop.it
From www.ducati.net - August 3, 2012 2:23 PM

Ducati, it’s clubs and employees delivered to the mayors of Finale Emilia, and San Crevalcore Possidonio three Volkswagen buses purchased with the proceeds of grass roots fundraising to help victims of the recent earthquakes in the region.

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Add Ducati Motorcycles to Volkswagen's Insatiable Appetite For Growth | Forbes

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From www.forbes.com - April 18, 2012 5:22 PM
Luxury motorbike manufacturer joins Audi, Bentley, Bugati and Lamborghini as VW aims to dominate the global auto industry.

Volkswagen AG’s Audi luxury car unit, flush with cash and hungry for growth, is buying the maker of Ducati motorcycles for a reported $1.1 billion and spending at least another $1 billion on a new factory in Mexico to support its ambitious expansion effort.

The addition of Ducati Motor Holding SpA, the Italian luxury motorbike manufacturer, brings to 11 the number of brands in Volkswagen’s global portfolio (not counting its 49 percent stake in Porsche, which it plans to fully acquire by the end of the year). The German carmaker produces VW, Audi, Seat, Skoda, Bentley, Bugatti and Lamborghini automobiles as well as commercial trucks under the VW, Scania and Man nameplates....more on the link above

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Ageing Piech maintains iron grip on Volkswagen | Reuters

From uk.reuters.com - April 16, 2012 8:41 AM
(Reuters) - For those who don't know him well, Ferdinand Piech's recent retreat from the limelight might be seen as a sign the Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) chairman was preparing to step back from leading the car-maker that aspires to be the world's biggest.

Piech didn't show up at the Detroit motor show in January and shunned the media last month at the VW group night in Geneva, an annual fixture in his calendar where Europe's largest carmaker traditionally boasts about its new products.

But even after 18 years at the helm of VW, nine of which as chief executive officer, it's wrong to assume the mastermind of VW's global expansion is tired of his work, in poor health, or on his way out, officials at the company said, although they chose not to explain his absences.

Instead, the canny strategist is expected to receive shareholder backing for a third term as chairman at the annual general meeting on Thursday, two days after he turns 75. If Piech serves out the five-year period, the balding Austrian will become the oldest-ever chairman of a listed German company.

"Piech is still the undisputed leader of VW," Helmut Becker, a former chief economist at Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMWG.DE) who now runs a consulting business in Munich, told Reuters. "He has his finger in every pie that VW management bakes."

More Here: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/16/uk-vw-piech-idUKBRE83F0GM20120416

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The dawn of a new day – it’s official, Audi owns Ducati | Ducati.net

The dawn of a new day – it’s official, Audi owns Ducati | Ducati.net | Ductalk | Scoop.it
From www.ducati.net - July 6, 2012 7:07 PM

“After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation and of paragraph 5(b) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/20043......

And with those words, Audi officially becomes the owner of Ducati Motor Holding and the company enters what is widely regarded to be a new phase. Since 1996 when Texas Pacific Group bought the company from the Castiglioni Brothers, Ducati has been in the hands of professional money people and while it’s safe to say there was some passion for the brand, the ongoing focus for the last 17 years, was to prepare the company for it’s inevitable new owners.

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Ducati owner says this is important week for sale | Reuters

Ducati owner says this is important week for sale | Reuters | Ductalk | Scoop.it
From www.reuters.com - April 16, 2012 11:12 AM

(Reuters) - The private equity fund controlling Ducati said on Monday this was an important week for the sale of the Italian motor cycle manufacturer, which is being courted by Volkswagen's VOWG_p-DE luxury unit Audi....more here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/16/italy-ducati-idUSL6E8FG8HP20120416

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