VOL. 53 ISSUE 34 AUGUST 30, 2016 P25
MV AGUSTA F4Z
BREAKS COVER
T
he brand-new MV Agusta F4Z has just been
unveiled overnight, a week ahead of when it
was scheduled. September 4 was the original
date the world would get to lay eyes on the re-
sult of the collaboration between Italian sports
car design house, Zagato and MV, but the inter-
net couldn't wait that long, so here it is.
The F4Z uses the F4 superbike as its base,
with Zagato clearly channeling MV's glorious race
past in the design process. The rear has hues of
the all-conquering Grand Prix MV Agusta 15-time
Giacomo Agostini used to devastating effect in the
1960s, while the front has a slightly more futuristic
shape with the single diamond headlight of the
standard F4 replaced by a traditional, albeit very
small headlight.
No doubt this thing will be priced right up
there in the dollar department, but we'll know
more of those juicy details by next week when
the world will see the real bike—not just these
CAD images—in the metal in Chantilly, north of
Paris, next week. CN
Zagato and MV
Agusta have
combined
to make this
amazing
looking
machine.
BMW R NINET MODELS TO EXPAND
B
MW's air/oil-cooled R nineT
lineup is set to expand
in 2017, with the "Pure" and
"Racer" names recently pre-
sented to the California EPA for
certification.
The R nineT model has been
a roaring success for BMW,
with the 110-horsepower, 1170cc
machine selling out across the
world since its debut in 2014.
And with the release of not just
the Scrambler but also the
Lac Rose concept machine
at the recent Wheels and
Waves event in France,
BMW is rumored to be
building a similar off-road
styled machine in the "Pure"
that will pay tribute to the
firm's early 1980s Paris-
Dakar success.
The "Racer" is likely to
take the similar design lines
penned by America's Roland
Sands when he released
the R90 Concept in 2013,
and will be BMW's take on a
café/retro racer. CN
Like a good
racehorse, the R
nineT is fathering
plenty of offspring!
