Ducati

• Chairman Rupert Stadler: “As a sporty, global premium brand, Ducati is an excellent fit for Audi.”

• Third pillar for AUDI AG in Italy

• Ducati a leading player in engine technology and lightweight construction

Ducati's "All Roads Lead to Pikes Peak" Challenge As you know, Ducati will return to Pikes Peak in 2012 for the 90th running of the “Race to the Clouds.” Defending champion and Pikes Peak motorcycle record holder, Carlin Dunne, will join six-time Pikes Peak winner,Greg Tracy, in an effort to ...    Read more

• RM Auctions teams up with Ducati to offer two Ducati Desmosedici GP machines in Monaco, 11th May • Offering includes a GP10 raced by Casey Stone and a GP11 raced by Valentino Rossi • Sale also features the acclaimed Saltarelli Collection, one of the world’s most important private Ducati Collections ...    Read more

Despite a negative weather forecast, the final day of the Sepang test was the only one of the three not affected by rain. Valentino Rossi stayed on the track until the last minute in order to complete as much work as possible for the Ducati engineers, who continue working ...    Read more

For the second day in a row, poor weather conditions affected the MotoGP test at Sepang International Circuit, where day two was interrupted by precipitation shortly after midday. The track surface didn’t dry, and the teams were forced to suspend their work and wait for tomorrow’s final day. Nonetheless, Valentino ...    Read more

COSTA MESA, Calif. (February 17, 2011) -- Selling more than 200 Ducati motorcycles during its second full year in business, Ducati Newport Beach recently won Ducati North America's Top Motorcycle Sales award. This honor makes it the boutique Italian brand's top-selling dealership in the U.S., its number-one important market. Based ...    Read more

The Ducati Test Team finished a three-day test today at Spain’s Circuito de Jerez. As usual, the activities were led by Filippo Preziosi, who followed the work schedule carried out by official test rider Franco Battaini. Thanks to the mild and favorable weather conditions, Ducati engineers were able to perform tests ...    Read more

Continuing on the success of the last year’s 848evo Racing Contingency Program, Ducati announces today the details for the 2012 Ducati 848evo Racing Contingency Program in partnership with FreedomRoad Financial. 2012 is poised to be an exciting year of club racing and 848evo racers will have access to an ...    Read more

On Monday, February 5, Nicky Hayden underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on the right shoulder that he had injured in late December. During the procedure, which was carried out in Fremont, California, and which lasted approximately 40 minutes, Dr Arthur Ting discovered and repaired a tear in the labrum. Yesterday’s post-operation ...    Read more

Ducati Streetfighter 848 Please, don’t call it baby nor “entry level”. Simply, the Streetfighter 848 is something more friendly that the bigger one, the bike making it possible a thrilling, enjoying ride like the bigger 1098 with less troubles (ok, ok, these are not troubles!) when opening the throttle. Arrow exhaust ...    Read more

Following the first winter test at Sepang, where his participation was limited due to his left shoulder lacking the strength to ride well, Nicky Hayden traveled directly to Fremont, California, for a thorough examination at Doctor Arthur Ting’s clinic. There, tests revealed damage to cartilage in the American’s shoulder, as ...    Read more

Valentino Rossi underwent a small operation this morning at Cattolica’s Cervesi hospital to remove the rod that was inserted in his right tibia following his practice crash at the 2010 Mugello GP. The injury is now completely healed. The operation went well, and the Ducati Team rider will be ready for ...    Read more

The first winter MotoGP test finished today at Sepang International Circuit with a day that was affected by rather variable weather conditions, with intense heat in the middle of the day and a shower that cut short the planned work schedule at 5:25 p.m. Nicky Hayden had already finished ...    Read more

For the Ducati Team, the second day of testing at Sepang was marked by a busy schedule that focused on preparing the GP12’s base setup. Valentino Rossi was engaged in the work that Filippo Preziosi had planned for the team, using all the time at his disposition, while Nicky ...    Read more

The 2012 MotoGP test season started with today's first day of a three-day test at Malaysia's Sepang International Circuit. The Ducati Team took to the track with its Desmosedici GP12, and after official test rider Franco Battaini carried out the shakedown, Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden started the important ...    Read more

Cupertino, Calif. (January 19, 2012) – Ducati North America today announced 2011 motorcycle sales growth of 43 percent compared to 2010 and a record market share in all of it’s territories: US, Canada and Mexico. This result established North America as Ducati’s number one market for the first time ...    Read more

The Ducati Test Team, directed by Technical Director Filippo Preziosi, has completed three days of testing on the Spanish circuit of Jerez de La Frontera, with Carlos Checa and Franco Battaini followed by in the pit garage by Team Manager, Vittoriano Guareschi. The two riders completed a "shake-down" of the ...    Read more

Cupertino, Calif. (January 19, 2012) - Ducati North America today announced 2011 motorcycle sales growth of 43 percent compared to 2010 and a record market share in all of it's territories: US, Canada and Mexico. This result established North America as Ducati's number one market for the first time ...    Read more

By Aaron Frank | Photography by Ducati Steel-trellis frames, “L-twin” engines, belt-driven cams, dry clutches… Certain features have been so core to Ducati superbikes for so long that it’s almost impossible to imagine them ever going away. Or so we thought, until Ducati’s groundbreaking 1199 Panigale was revealed. Described by company ...    Read more

Everyone should own at least one perfect thing, especially these days when the rest of life can be so far from it. I still can’t quite swing the Ducati 1098R or a 4500 square-foot mansionette adjacent to Laguna Seca to park it in, but that’s okay. I ride motorcycles for ...    Read more

On this, the final day of the oughts, I’ll be seeing off a decade I won’t rewind with any particular fondness. Looking back too long is dangerous anyway. You might hit something. Besides, the only moment I can do anything about is this one. Here’s hoping the decade we’re uncorking ...    Read more

By the time an actual 09 Ducati Streetfighter showed up in our garage, I’d already decided not to like the thing. Pictures really didn’t do it for me. And the whole idea of a de-fanged, undressed 1098 sounded like sawing off a Caesar Guerini shotgun: tragically inappropriate and potentially dangerous. ...    Read more

Architectural Digest subscribers call Bologna La Rossa because of the red tile roofs around the Piazza Maggiore. Political scientists say the color comes from 50-something years of left-leaning government. But most motorheads know two things. Ferrari is right up the road in Maranello, but the bikes from Via Cavalieri Ducati ...    Read more

You’ve heard of the “dog days” of summer—those hot, sultry August afternoons when Sirius, the Dog Star, hovers close to the sun. We’re looking forward to our own variation, called the “Duc days.” The weather won’t be the only thing hot and sultry. Those adjectives will describe the lust-inducing Italian ...    Read more

In October of 2006, Mitch Boehm traveled to Italy for an exclusive test ride on Ducati's 2007 1098 Superbike, and documented his exploits in the January 2007 issue. Fortunately, the website can house more photos than the magazine, and after you read Mitch's article, you'll want to see more. Here ...    Read more