It seems that some motorcycle brands are destined to be forever sold to new owners when the parent company has a change of direction or financial woes. Husqvarna is certainly once such company. It is only five years ago that we were reporting that the Swedish brand had been bought by BMW Motorrad from its Italian owners MV Augusta, who in turn obtained it from Cagiva. Now the German giant has sold the brand on for an undisclosed sum, despite operating Husqvarna Motorcycles as a completely separate enterprise. The new owner is Pierer Industrie AG - the firm headed by Stefan Pierer, the current CEO of KIM and it is unknown at this stage if he will be allowed to stay on in that role. KTM is largely owned by Cross Industries (51%) and Bajaj (47%) the Indian motorcycle manufacturer.
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