Husqvarna Motorcycles acquired by BMW Motorrad

[SmokeU]

I have yet to see a quality product in the States from India. Even products that were designed here and built here, then shipped to India/China to be mass produced still turn out to be of lesser quality.

[seruzawa]

Originally Posted by xlr8r

This is simply BMW trying to acquire a brand with which to take on KTM without having to endure jibes about GS's being just old boxer tourers with knobbly tyres on. But this brand-synergy stuff works both ways, and if we can rebrand offroad Beemers as Huskys then maybe we can rebrand Huskys as Beemers. In Europe (don't know about you guys in the US) Husky also make domestic machinery: fridges, washing machines, and so on. A washing machine with a BMW roundel on the loading door could look kinda cool, don't you think?

...chain saws! Good ones too! Maybe not as good as Sthil but quite good nonetheless.

[hogeye]

The BMW motorcycle division is rumored to be getting serious about racing again. Let's not forget that the factory team won the Paris-Dakar race several times in the past. They know how to do it if the rest of the company is behind them with the necessary euros.