This would be pretty fucking terrible. BMW to possibly buy KTM, move manufacturing out of Austria www.oe24.at/businesslive... - ThreadSky

motomatters.com • 85 days ago

This would be pretty fucking terrible. BMW to possibly buy KTM, move manufacturing out of Austria
https://www.oe24.at/businesslive/unternehmen/bmw-motorrad-will-ktm-kaufen-und-alle-jobs-in-oesterreich-abbauen/624815428

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alex-h-00.bsky.social•85 days ago

I know you know, but, even considering a plan where 4500 people are laid off is just dumb...for Austria. They need to step in especially where creditors are within their own nation.

motomatters.com•85 days ago

I think this is someone inside the company trying to stop this plan by putting pressure on the Austrian government

robcianaconda.bsky.social•85 days ago

I suspected that too. Plus leaving aside the manufacturing, Mattighofen is 2 hours from Munich. How much are you really saving in laying off the design staff etc?

alex-h-00.bsky.social•85 days ago

They might as well just shutter the company, I mean it's ripping its heart out. No Orange, No Austria, No KTM.

pedroferrnanrojo.bsky.social•85 days ago

Removing the orange color?¿?? Only for this it looks a bit like fake news.

yooperbikemike.bsky.social•85 days ago

Ach du Lieber!

twitterstinkt.bsky.social•85 days ago

How is this the best solution? Are they getting bribed by BMW?

bduke01.bsky.social•85 days ago

Lets wait and see. Not sure if moving the production line and hiring a brand new workforce would make any economical sense for BMW.

gonegrey.bsky.social•85 days ago

Agree.
(even without learning German to read the article)

deabreu-lucas.bsky.social•85 days ago

because that went super well with husqvarna...

mototiming.live•85 days ago

Christ. What an absolute disaster for the people of Mattighofen.

1down5up.bsky.social•85 days ago

Sooo.... BMW MotoGP team on the grid for 2026? Featuring the toprak/Pedro dream team?
All joking aside this would be terrible news for everyone in austria

motomatters.com•85 days ago

This is why I don't think it will happen

maxvanoni.bsky.social•85 days ago

Although I don’t want this to happen & save as many jobs as possible, they didn’t have such qualms when they shut Husqvarna’s Biandronno down

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