Indian Motorcycle Sold to a Private Equity Group - What's Next?

About this episode

The episode discusses the sale of Indian Motorcycle to Carolwood LP and its implications for the brand and its owners.

Private equity firm Carolwood LP has purchased majority share of Indian Motorcycle from Polaris. After 14 years of Polaris building on-road cruisers and slapping the Indian badge on the tank, they've decided to call it quits and pass the torch onto the next suitor. A lot of unanswered questions linger. What does this mean for current and future Indian motorcycle owners? What does this mean for the race team? How is this new private equity firm going to run the company? A lot of speculation ci...

People in this episode

Host: Matt Laidlaw

Topics covered

• Indian Motorcycle
• Private Equity
• Polaris
• Motorcycle Industry
• Ownership Changes
• Future of Indian Motorcycle

Keywords

• Indian Motorcycle
• Carolwood LP
• Polaris
• Private Equity
• Motorcycle Ownership
• Race Team

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Indian Motorcycle, Polaris, Carolwood LP

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