Volkswagen Group has finally started to include some very limited corporate results information relating to the company’s Ducati subsidiary in its interim financial statements.
According to VW’s three-monthly report to 31 March, global Ducati sales volume increased by 1.6% to 13,278 units. Revenue from bikes in the period rose by 5.5% to €133m (£96.5m).
However, elsewhere in this 48-page document, VW says “financial key performance indicators” — operating profits — for the Lamborghini and Ducati brands are included in Audi brand data. So Ducati’s profitability, or otherwise, is buried in the €1.4bn (£1.02bn) Audi contributed towards VW Group earnings. That, incidentally, was up by 8.2%.