MV Agusta
Brand
MV Agusta (Agusta Meccania Verghera SpA) is an Italian motorcycle brand, created in 1948 by Domenico Agusta in Verghera, a frazione of Samarate, in the province of Varese, Lombardy.
The headquarters of the company is now in Varese.
MV Agusta has won many world championship titles:
Subject ID: 9493
MoreMV Agusta (Agusta Meccania Verghera SpA) is an Italian motorcycle brand, created in 1948 by Domenico Agusta in Verghera, a frazione of Samarate, in the province of Varese, Lombardy.
The headquarters of the company is now in Varese.
MV Agusta has won many world championship titles:
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In 500
- 1956, 1958 à 1974 without interruption with John Surtees, Gary Hocking, Mike Hailwood,
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En 250 :
- 1956, 1958 à 1960
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En 125 :
- 1952, 1956, 1958 à 1960
MV Agusta was the favorite brand of Giacomo Agostini.
Cagiva purchased the MV Agusta name trademarks in 1991. In 1997 it introduced the first new MV Agusta motorcycle. The new bikes were four-cylinder 750 cc sports machines, the F4 range, which included a series of limited production run models, such as the all black paint work SPR model (Special Production Racing) which was featured in the movie I, Robot. In 2004 they introduced their first 1,000 cc bike. 2004 marked the end of production for the 750 Sport machines, with limited production of 300 SR (Special Racing) models in the traditional red and silver livery.
Heavily in debt, the manufacturer was bought by Malaysian car maker Proton in December 2004 for €70 million. In December 2005, Proton sold MV Agusta to GEVI SpA, a Genoa-based financing company related to Carige, for a token one euro excluding debt. By 2006 GEVI SpA, with 65% of the share capital, had refinanced MV Agusta allowing the company to continue operating in its native Italy.
In July 2007, MV Agusta Motor SpA sold the Husqvarna motorcycle brand to BMW for an undisclosed amount. According to MV Agusta president Claudio Castiglioni, the sale was a strategic step to concentrate all of the company's resources in order to expand MV Agusta and Cagiva's presence in the international markets, having more financial resources for new model development.
On October 15, 2009, Harley-Davidson announced that it would divest its interest in MV Agusta and on August 6, 2010, it announced that MV Agusta had been sold to Claudio Castiglioni and his wholly owned holding company, MV Agusta Motor Holding, S.r.l.
Subject ID: 9493
Subject ID: 9493
