Ducati is developing a new presentation scooter and BMW is also developing an electric scooter, says a magazine tabloid in Spain.

The exposure of Ducati’s preparations to go into the twist-and-go market arrives from Warren Lee, CEO of Australian Ducati importer NF Importers, in a meeting with the Courier Mail.

He explains to the newspaper: “Ducati is looking at a scooter, but a high-performance model, not a 50cc price driven thing. It’s on the backburner at the moment. Maybe after 2010. It’s just simmering at the moment.”

It is also alleged that the hugely rumoured BMW scooter, will actually be motorised by an electric engine, instead of a large petrol engine, of its own drawing or even purchased from Rotax as some reports have suggested.

2010 is set for the unveiling with the sale of the bike due in 2011.