I hate this thread! Last time I was here SP shuts down the varesse factory. Now he sends 11,000 new husky's to the crusher as not to damage ktm's value. We should rename this thread "downer central". I'll just see how this all pans out in the future, and keep my ear's pluged when SP starts throwing husky's into the crusher.
2010 Buell Blast (H-D would actually sell it to you like this, you had to order it via their website or Ebay)...Just saying...It's been done before...
That report is filed under rumor. Does anybody have any actual credible source that husky have 11k bikes in stock?
Does anyone have any proof that Husqvarna have developed a new two stroke 250 motor? With or without D.I .
Here in SA we have plenty of stock of all models on dealers floors that just do not seem to be selling well at all after the SP Take over
Dismal! F*** those Austrians. Having spent the last few years living in Germany (Prussia) I´ve always wondered why all the blame is always placed on poor old Prussia whereas the b*stard came from Austria.
If I was SP I would sell my shares in KTM to the Indians, close the factory in Italy (Husky is not Italian anyway), keep existing dealerships, sell the 11K bikes at reduced prices and during that time build a new Husky factory somewhere else (China) using the existing tooling and technology.
I told my wife about SP and that he is closing the Husky factory down. She said "what a wanker; if she were me she would immediately sell my 950SE and never buy another KTM again"
I wouldn't get too feisty yet.... The Germans orchestrated this whole mismanaged deal. The Austrians didn't over produce and cook the books, they just got paid to take the mess off BMW's hands. SP is doing what BMW didn't have the brass to do, because they were afraid it would hurt BMW sales in Italy. Source says over production is totally BMW sourced engine bikes, mostly 650's. Most likely trying to close out engine contracts with Loncin and Kymco.
So speculative and wishful thinking that they cant even tell a TE 250 from a 449 (see picture) Not worrying here
I didn't say "we" were perfect Norm! And carrying on regardless in the hope that things will pick up next quarter is a fairly standard business practice, even if it doesn't usually work. Interesting that most of the leftovers are road bikes. Not having an established dealer network with access to all the (expensive) diagnostic faff will make them a little harder to shift, I imagine.
People who were inside think BMW is shifting around loss in an unrealistic way, or it looks like they were already thinking of selling in 2010. Yearly profit/loss figures given for different years are not matching what really happened..... It appears BMW was dumping unwanted Asian sourced engine stocks into Husqvarna instead of Motorrad, at a rate that was not realistic with demand. It looked good on paper, as production was up and supplier contract obligations met. BMW sucks.... I wish Claudio Castiglioni was still alive, because these "real businessmen" types suck too!
