When car brands do bikes

[CassidyAce]

Browsing Google News, waiting for the rain to ease off, and stumbled across this to while away a few minutes:
https://road.cc/content/feature/manufac ... wer-277309

 

[Corblimeyguv]

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Didn't realise there was so many !
Interesting

 

[pigman]

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Yeah interesting
Wasn't there also a colnago-ferarri joint venture a bit back? Maybe I'm imagining that one?

 

[My_Teenage_Self]

Interesting that some of them have tried more than once - there must be enough £££ to make it worth it. That said, Aston Martin did it *RIGHT* the first time with the 90s MTB. Porsche did better with the Votec stuff too.

I won't mention Lotus....

 

[yakboy]

I won't mention Lotus....

 

[otherself]

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Peugeot made crap cars but good bikes

 

[al-onestare]

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The Kona branded Focus in back in 2000:

More info here: https://cog.konaworld.com/the-kona-ford ... e-time-tv/

Ad here: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtL3CY09mac[/youtube]

 

[mk one]

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The Kona branded Focus in back in 2000:

now there's a project challenge, having to find the matching car to go with the bike

 

[PeterPerfect]

Porsche, Lotus , BMW and Mercedes all had a stab at it.

LOTUS = Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious.

 

[pigman]

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mark 1 Focus, the nicest one there was