VOLUME 56 ISSUE 23 JUNE 11, 2019 P79
A
t the EICMA Milan Show last
November, the dazzling new
MV Agusta Brutale 1000 Se-
rie Oro was elected as "The most
beautiful motorcycle of the show"
by over 16,000 voters—against
such equally new high performance
desirables as the Ducati Panigale
V4 R, the BMW S 1000 RR and
Aprilia's RSV4 1100 Factory.
Production of the new Brutale
won't commence until late August
after MV workers return from this
year's summer break, but with
Russian investor Timur Sardarov
injecting over 60 million euros to
buy a controlling percentage in MV
Agusta's holding company from
previous owner Giovanni Castiglioni
(who remains President of the firm,
with Sardarov as Chairman/CEO,
and former Ducati technical guru
Massimo Bordi returning to MV
as a consultant), the Italian trophy
marque finally has wind in its sails.
It has a slew of ultra-desirable
new models on their way to produc-
tion within the next 12 months, with
the radically re-engineered Bru-
tale 1000 up first, followed by the
F4 Claudio and the Superveloce
800 all displayed at EICMA 2018,
and other projects in the pipeline,
including a turbocharged triple and
the resurgence of the Cagiva brand
as MV's electric division.
The chance to visit the MV facto-
ry on the shores of Lake Varese to
become the first outsider to sample
the prototype next-gen Brutale
1000 lifted the curtain on what MV
has in store for us under Sardarov's
direction—and it seems to be worth
waiting for….
This MV uses every
ounce of experience
MV Agusta learned
in WorldSBK. It's an
absolute beast.
BY ALAN CATHCART PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEL EDGE
CONCEIVED. THE YEAR 2020 IS SET TO BE A BIG ONE FOR MV AGUSTA.
WAITING FOR
