Question

[Xflyer]

Who makes Ducati? Are they owned or made by Ferrari, is Ferrari the parent company?
I am curious...???
:drunk

[JonXX]

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[JonXX]

Ok the real answer: Ducati Motor Holding SpA have nothing to do with Ferrari except for being in italy (unless Investindustrial Holdings SpA also owns or owned Ferrari).

Since 1926, Ducati has been owned by a number of groups and companies:

(1926–1950) Ducati Family
(1950–1967) Government IRI management

In 1953 split into Ducati Meccanica-now called Ducati Motor and Ducati Elettronica-now called Ducati Energia

(1967–1978) Government EFIM management (control over day-to-day factory operations)
(1978–1985) VM Group
(1985–1996) Cagiva Group ownership
(1996–2005) Texas-Pacific Group (US-based) ownership and going public
(2005–2008) Investindustrial Holdings SpA (back in Italian hands)
(2008–present) Performance Motorcycles SpA (again in Italian hands and going private)

[MA$TER_E]

You'd never guess that ducai started making radio's

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/land6266/Public%20Share/Ducati_radio_receiver.jpg

[JonXX]

Kawasaki - airplanes
Yamaha - pianos
Suzuki - weaving looms (BTW, Suzuki Motor Corp. and Volkswagen AG are capital partners)
Honda - motorcycles, believe it or not (after Soichiro Honda sold his "perfect piston ring" designs and manufacturing to Toyota he started designing and building motorcycles)
Kia - bicycles