{"id":54180,"date":"2026-09-11T11:28:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T09:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/?p=54180"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T07:57:09","slug":"after-being-saved-volkswagen-could-sell-ducati-for-a-hefty-sum-just-as-the-italian-brand-celebrates-its-100th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/en\/ducati\/apre-lavoir-sauveevolkswagen-pourrait-vendre-ducati-contre-un-gros-cheque-au-moment-ou-la-marque-italienne-fete-ses-100-ans\/","title":{"rendered":"After saving it, Volkswagen could sell Ducati for a hefty sum just as the Italian brand celebrates its 100th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ducati-0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ducati-0.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ducati-0-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ducati-0-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ducati-0-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What was still just a hypothesis a few months ago has now taken on a whole new dimension. Last June, we discussed the possibility that the Volkswagen Group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/en\/lamborghini\/volkswagen-after-saving-them-the-german-group-could-sell-off-lamborghini-and-ducati\/\">to divest itself of Lamborghini and Ducati<\/a> in order to finance its extensive restructuring. This time, the name of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/en\/ducati\/\">Ducati<\/a> is officially mentioned in the extensive portfolio review conducted by the German giant. And the Bologna-based motorcycle manufacturer could be worth a hefty sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ducati has been owned by Audi\u2014and thus by the Volkswagen Group\u2014since 2012. At the time, Ferdinand Pi\u00ebch was pushing the German group to make a series of high-profile acquisitions. Nearly fifteen years later, the strategy has changed radically: Volkswagen is now seeking to streamline its massive organization and free up capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ducati is indeed one of the assets under review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The topic is no longer being fueled solely by analysts. Gernot D\u00f6llner, the head of Audi, confirmed that Ducati is part of the evaluation process currently underway within the group, while noting that \u00abnothing has been decided.\u00bb The scale of the shake-up gives a sense of the situation. Of the approximately 2,000 entities and investments held by Volkswagen, some 600 are reportedly currently under scrutiny. The group recently announced plans to divest or restructure about one-third of its non-strategic businesses in order to focus its resources on those that make a clear contribution to its core business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ducati therefore finds itself in a rather paradoxical situation. Volkswagen helped consolidate and grow the Italian brand for fourteen years, but may now decide that a motorcycle manufacturer\u2014no matter how prestigious\u2014is no longer essential to its strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ducati could be worth 1.25 billion euros\u2026 or even much more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <em>Bloomberg<\/em>, Ducati could now be valued at around 1.25 billion euros. This is a significant sum for a company that delivered 50,895 motorcycles in 2025. The brand generated 925 million euros in revenue and 52 million euros in operating income, representing a margin of 5.6% in Q3. These results were down, amid a challenging environment marked by a global market slowdown, tariffs, and unfavorable exchange rate movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the theoretical value calculated by analysts could be far from the price a buyer would be willing to pay. According to information reported by <em>Zonebourse<\/em>, the Italian fund PatrItalia reportedly submitted an offer on June 25 for\u2026 2.5 billion euros to acquire 100 % of Ducati Motor Holding. That is twice the valuation put forward by <em>Bloomberg<\/em>. However, Volkswagen has reportedly not entered into any negotiations, and no formal sale process is currently underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Italy doesn't want to lose Ducati<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any potential sale is inevitably being closely monitored in Rome. Italian Minister of Enterprise Adolfo Urso met with Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali and intends to use the government\u2019s available resources to preserve the company\u2019s headquarters, jobs, and Italian identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The symbolism would be all the more powerful given that Ducati is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Founded in Bologna in 1926, the brand could thus undergo another major change in ownership just as it celebrates its centennial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This wouldn\u2019t be Volkswagen\u2019s first attempt, by the way. In 2017, following the Dieselgate scandal, the company had already considered selling Ducati for about 1.5 billion euros. The deal was ultimately scrapped, largely due to opposition from German employee representatives. Nine years later, Volkswagen must finance a massive restructuring, cut costs, and contend with increasingly fierce competition from China. Audi insists, however, that no change in ownership is planned for the next two or three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So Ducati isn\u2019t for sale just yet. But for the first time in a long while, its future within the Volkswagen Group seems truly up in the air. And if an offer of 2.5 billion euros does indeed exist, the German automaker might have some good reasons to take a very close look at the check.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ducati","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apr\u00e8s l&#039;avoir sauv\u00e9e,Volkswagen pourrait vendre Ducati contre un gros ch\u00e8que au moment o\u00f9 la marque italienne f\u00eate ses 100 ans - ItalPassion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ce qui n\u2019\u00e9tait encore qu\u2019une hypoth\u00e8se il y a quelques mois prend aujourd\u2019hui une tout autre dimension. 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