Comments on: Volkswagen Buys Large Stake in Suzuki

By: Swift Owner

Swift Owner — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:07:07 +0000

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don’t want VW’s shoddy reliability affiliating with one of the best manufactures in the world! Sad day in deed.

By: joe

joe — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:19:51 +0000

VW should stick to cars and vans ,thier core business .Whenever these corporate mergers take place it usualy ends up as one giant cock up. GM tried to have a finger in every pie in the world, and look what the outcome was. There are hundres of mergers where good companies end up as total basket cases. Harley-MV, BMW- Landrover, Ford- Landrover,Jag,Aston etc. Suzuki is doing fine, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. I hope they don’t start rebadging Suzuki’s as VW.

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:51:30 +0000

VW should buy large stakes in Buell …

By: Erik

Erik — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:29:05 +0000

This makes sense to me, I drive a Jetta and ride a V-Strom. I like it when the rest of the world matches my synergies.

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:53:20 +0000

Well, not sure it will have any impact at all on the motorcycle side of the business @ Suzuki, there is probably no bridge between them (except finance), and VW is probably only interested in the automotive part of Suzuki.

The other thing is that these kind of business moves come and go, like Ford buys Jaguar, Ford sells Jaguar, Porsche tries to buy VW, VW tries to buy Porsche, Renault buys Nissan, Nissan buys Renault or sthg … I mean, this is all and only about finance and the game of high-end execs who love to play “integrate” then a few years later “focus on the core business”, or “synergize” then “joint venture” then “put the key under the mat” … VW will sell Suzuki in a few years at best, and there won’t probably be any impact on the bikes business.