Chinese bike/scooter maker quinjian bought Benilli of Italy recently
http://www.benelli.com/eng/aziendaGruppo.asp

here are some of the models.

http://www.benelli.com/eng/img/tntcafe/cafe1.jpg


http://www.benelli.com/eng/img/tornadoLE/LE8.jpg


:thumb: :nod:

http://www.benelli.com/eng/img/tornadoLE/LE1.jpg

http://www.benelli.com/eng/img/tornadors/rs7.jpg

http://www.benelli.com/eng/img/tornadors/rs5.jpg

http://www.benelli.com/eng/img/tornadoLE/LE7.jpg

thats great!:thumb:

good contribution GBJ

Hello Admin

glad to help:thumb: , when credit is due, i will give it;)

Any news reports on this?

Bloody hell - it wasnt recently, it was 2005.

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any news articles on this?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=Uea&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=Benelli+bikes+bought+China&spell=1

One of those sites has a bbs post from 2006 that says last year qj bought benilli.

Site wont load from China.

I guess "recently" is a relative term, figuring this happened over a year ago

Benelli bought by Chinese firm

China’s Qianjiang Group Co. Ltd has purchased Benelli, the Italian motorcycle manufacturer:

China’s Qianjiang Group Co. Ltd has clinched a deal with Gruppo Merloni for the purchase of celebrated Italian motorcycle maker Benelli, reports said Thursday.

The deal follows assurances from Qianjiang’s management that Benelli scooters and motorcycles will continue to be built at its Pesaro factory in central Italy.

Qianjiang is China’s biggest motorcycle maker and the deal represents its first acquisition in Europe.

Established in 1911 by Teresa Benelli, a widow, in the hope of providing work to her six sons, the company started as a car and motorcycle repair garage and built its first motorcycle in 1921.

Benelli motorbikes won a number of championship titles both before and after World War II and by the early 1960s, the company was producing around 300 motorcycles daily.

Benelli then suffered badly from competition from Japan but enjoyed a revival in the 1990s, when it was taken over by Italian electrical appliance maker Merloni.

Qianjiang is not China's biggest motorcycle maker.

Those are hot bikes! Any chance they're coming to US?

Wooooo these bikes are great looking so beautiful can you tell me its fuel consumption.