Ducati News Today

Il Ducatista magazine has a spy shot of what appears to be the first liquid cooled, 4 valve Ducati Hypermotard, with an 848 engine .

Okay, so there aren’t actually 20 movies about Ducati but the Bologna bullets have sure had more than their fair share of product placement in Hollywood productions.  In 2010 the discontinued Ducati SportClassic made a big splash for Ducati in Tron Legacy but there are at least 19 more movies where a Ducati graces the [...]

Valentino Rossi is no stranger to rumor (nor is Casey Stoner for that matter).  In recent months the rumors which in our view are little more than made up lies have come thick and fast.  Most have been about his supposed plans to abandon Ducati mid season or retire.  Now the 9 time champion has spoken [...]

US T-Mobile has a new television commercial which features a hot woman on a Ducati.  That ought to get the sales going.  Pity it sounds like an inline 4.

Almost immediately following the formal announcement of the acquisition of Ducati by Audi comes news that AMG, the performance division of Mercedes, has terminated their partnership with Ducati.

The awaited announcement that VW owned Audi is to acquire Ducati could come as early as this Wednesday according to sources cited by Reuters who claim to be familiar with the matter. The announcement would coincide with the expiration of an exclusive period of due diligence.

Nine-time world motorcycle champion Valentino Rossi will compete in the opening round of the Blancpain Endurance Series at Monza on April 13-15th at the wheel of a Ferrari. The Italian, who is nicknamed ‘Il Doctore’ (The Doctor), will race with the famous Number 46 on his Ferrari 458 Italia for the Kessel Racing team in the [...]

Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes and their performance division AMG, has denied outright any interest in buying Ducati despite their marketing partnership.  It also seems that Audi’s interest in Ducati is for a controlling stake and not the entire company.

Next years Ducati 1199R will take the already über tech Panigale to new heights when the World Superbike homologation special will debut with the Ducati Energia™ Kinetic Energy Recovery system.

Further to the news that Volkswagen was in advanced talks to acquire Ducati via its Audi name plate comes fresh news that Audi has bid €750 Million Euros for the Italian motorcycle and style icon.