P92
Interview
MV AGUSTA CEO TIMUR SARDAROV PART 2
To be honest, the decision to
stop the F4 was mine, because
although we had a crazy looking
evolution of the existing F4, the
design was amazing, and Adrian
[Morton—MV's head of design]
is a genius—I believed it wasn't
special enough, it wasn't a mold-
breaker like the F4 was 20 years
ago. So that's why we're working
on a few things that will make the
new one special—like pneumatic
valves, a tiptronic gearbox, a
turbo or supercharger. That's why
we think that to stop the F4 and
have a breather for two or three
years is a very good idea. Stop,
allow people to forget about it,
and then come back with some-
thing fabulous—that's the best way
to do it.
Another reason for terminating
the F4 was that we can't afford
to simultaneously develop two
separate new platforms—and
We're going
to show a
supercharged
version of the
F3 as a concept,
probably in the
middle of next
year. That'll be
crazy—just like an
MV should be!"
in 2019 we will develop a new
Cafe Racer family of models as
a different platform, which we'll
term Neo-classic. This will utilize
part of the new four-cylinder
motor, but it's a different engine,
and this will also open that fam-
ily of bikes right up. We'll have
a naked roadster, sure, but we
can have something off-roadish
looking like a street enduro or
flat-tracker, plus something like a
Neo-classic old GP racer. We're
going to have a big range of
premium Neo-classic MV Agusta
models, for which we're sure
there's a market.
You don't have a factory
MV Agusta museum, as Moto
Guzzi and Ducati do. Is that
something that might change?
I definitely want to create a
museum here at Schiranna. Can
you imagine that with the huge
amount of history in this compa-
ny, with 270 Grand Prix victories
and 75 World Championship
titles including 17 successive
500GP crowns, there's not a
single old MV Agusta motorcycle
in the factory right now? When
I get some budget for it we're
going to build a museum here
and stock it with bikes I'm already
purchasing, and I also hope to
obtain the loan of historic GP
bikes from existing collectors.
What other models will you
use the Brutale's new 1000cc
engine for? Will you make a
four-cylinder Sport Turismo
version, for example?
The Brutale 1000
Serie Oro won
most beautiful
motorcycle at
EICMA and packs
over 200 hp.
