Is Mahindra also in the running for Ducati?

After the transfer market, comes the "Ducati-market”, at least in this rather “turbulent” week for the house of Borgo Panigale. On Monday, like a bolt from the blue, here was the news of the sale. “Sale Ducati for just one billion euros, excellent deal”, the announcement appeared in the Financial Times. Okay, it wasn't quite like that, but the content didn't change: Andrea Bonomi, president of the private equity fund, investindustrial, had dropped the bomb and alerted possible buyers whose names have been wasted. Starting from the German giants Volkswagen e BMW, with the latter having, However, made it known through one of his spokespersons at Bloomberg, that I am not currently interested in purchasing the Italian manufacturer.

The rumors did not, however, stop, and the total buyers continued with Mercedes, with which Ducati already has a collaboration agreement, although those directly involved have denied, to reach the Indians of Mahindra, with a view to market expansion. However, the Asian markets are the most popular, with Hong Kong in the forefront in attracting investors with a view to a listing of the Borgo Panigale group on the stock exchange which already last year, through Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Banca Imi, had explored a possible listing on that market.