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MV Agusta has promised to unveil a new range of 1000cc models, fix their notoriously slow spare parts delivery and hand over company control to Russian investors. This is all the result of yet another financial rescue for the struggling Italian motorcycle manufacturer, this time by shareholders. New 1000cc models The Italian company says they …
MV Agusta pays homage to former company president Claudio Castiglioni with the Claudio F4, their umpteenth limited-edition bike. Only 100 are being made and they will cost $A125,012 (ride away) with a two-year unlimited kilometre warranty and roadside assistance. Aussie dealer orders will be confirmed before the end of the year. It’s drop-dead gorgeous, especially the BST …
MV Agusta Australia is the fourth motorcycle company to join the global recall over a fault in Brembo front master cylinders. The other brands which issued official recalls last month are Aprilia, Ducati and KTM. (Click on the brands in the previous sentence to see which models are affected by the recall.) The MV Agusta models affected …
MV Agusta is developing a completely new four-cylinder engine for next year as Mercedes AMG has just sold its 25% stake in the Italian company. It is now wholly owned by MV Agusta Holding Company which is mainly funded by Russian investors. Now that the Varese manufacturer has some autonomy and a solid financial backing, it is …
MV Agusta has unveiled race replicas for their three-cylinder F3 bikes in the run-up to the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan next week. The F3 675 and F3 800 RC (Reparto Corse) versions follow a plethora of race replicas and limited-editions released over the past few weeks. They include the Lewis Hamilton F4 LH44, F4 …
The “new” race-livery, MV Agusta F4 RC continues the company’s run of limited editions of old models as it recovers from the financial constraints of the past couple of years. The bike’s carbon fibre bodywork features the same race livery as the Leon Camier’s F4 Reparto Corse bike. The most obvious change from the 2017 …
Leading Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton has unveiled the MV Agusta F4 LH44 that he helped design. The bike is the most expensive MV Agusta yet and is expected to cost almost double the price of the top-of-the-line F4 RC which is almost $60,000. The previous Hamilton limited edition MV Agusta was the Brutale 800 …
MV Agusta has revealed several new race replicas, not only of their F3 and F4 sportsbikes, but also their “fast-touring” Turismo Veloce 800 RC (above). The Turismo Veloce RC and Lusso models will be unveiled at the EICMA show in Milan next week, while the F3 RC and F4 RC were revealed last week. Interestingly, the photo …
MV Agusta Australia is chopping $3000 off the new ride away price of most demonstrator models until the end of June or stock is sold. As speculation mounts on the financial future of the company, Australian importers Urban Moto Imports is ramping up the promotions with this end-of-financial-year demo discount offer and ride days across the …
New importers and distributors of MV Agusta motorcycles have kept a lid on prices, dropped all non-ABS variants and introduced a limited-edition F4 RC which Leon Camier is racing in World Superbikes. The Briton puts the F4 RC through its paces in the above video. The new race special model was shown at the first round …