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Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali has told his workers that the sale of the company by Volkswagen has now officially been halted. It’s the latest development in an ongoing saga that started in December 2015. Bloomberg Markets has now quoted Bologna union boss Bruno Papignani as saying Claudio told factory workers on Friday that the VW …
The sale of Ducati is reported to have been quashed by the Volkswagen supervisory board which has a majority of worker representatives. It is believed that the sale was quashed because money is no longer needed to pay “dieselgate” compensation after VW Group’s posted a half-year operating profit of €8.9 billion, up 19%. The sale …
Ducati is geared up to celebrate the 2016 World Ducati Week from July 1-3 with a special edition model and an expected 1100cc Scrambler, but “dieselgate” may spoil the party. On Wednesday, June 22, 2016, major shareholders of the Volkswagen Group will meet in Hannover to discuss plans to solve the debacle where diesel vehicles …