[Ducati] 1098 price

[Bruce Bellm]

My recollection is that BMW, at least, was exempt and publicly supported the 
tariff.

bruce19
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Filak" <filakjf at yahoo.com>
To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Ducati] 1098 price


>
> --- mike major <textike at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> ... In this case Ducati may charge less here for
>> competitive reasons but as long as they aren't
>> selling at a loss and no US motorcycle
>> producer complains then what they are doing is
>> simply competitive pricing.
>
> Deja vu to 1987 - Reagan era - HD whined about the Japanese -
> Tarriffs were levied on everything over 750cc for something like
> three years to allow HD to re-boot. I think Euro-bikes may have been
> exempt.
>
>
> John Filak
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