I8ABMR

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/04/19/a...p-with-ducati/


Can't say we didn't see this one coming. Hot on the heels of Audi's official announcement that it had acquired the Ducati brand from Investindustrial Group, AMG, the in-house performance arm of German automaker Mercedes-Benz, has ended its "marketing cooperation" with the storied Italian motorcycle brand.

Naturally, Mercedes-Benz doesn't want to sponsor Ducati now that it's been taken over by, in its own words, "a rival car manufacturer." While there had been some speculation that Mercedes or its AMG division might make a bid for Ducati, the automaker claims that was never its intention:
"Our focus lies clearly in developing and producing premium performance cars and we will be concentrating all our energy on this."

Seems pretty cut and dry to us, but if you want to read more, feel free to scroll down for the brief announcement. We have to wonder, though, what will be come of the special-edition Ducati Diavel AMG?

Hoovey689

iTrader: (16)

hah well kind of have too. less they be cheating on VW lol

adamls2

I never even new AMG had a 'thing' with Ducati in the 1st place...They should just give me a Street-Fighter to shut me up

PhilipMSPT

iTrader: (5)

Not a big loss.

They had one AMG-inspired motorcycle, and one Ducati-yellow-colored car. That was it.

How important was AMG? As important as the AMG sticker on Ducati's racing bikes...



Still can't find it?

DustinV

The AMG SLK in yellow with those black rims is absolutely stunning. Wow.

seanlee

good one.. took me a while to find the sticker.