Mv Agusta: 15 mln financing BPM-Sace for growth abroad

Mv Agusta, Sace and Banca Popolare di Milano (BPM) announced the finalization of a financing of 15 million Euros to support the objectives of growth abroad of one of the best known brand of Italian motorcycling.

The credit line, delivered by BPM and partially guaranteed by SACE, will serve to implement the business plan 2014-2018 of Mv Agusta, which provides, among other things, the expansion of its product range with the introduction of new models and penetration in high potential markets such as the US, Brazil and Southeast Asia. The funding follows the recent entry of Mercedes AMG in the capital of Mv Agusta with a share of 25 percent.

"We are proud to have taken part in this operation - said Giammarco Boccia, director of North-West area of Sace - claiming one of the brands most representative of Italian design and technology of success. We will continue to accompany Mv Agusta with our insurance and financial products in its development in the most promising foreign markets for the export of motorcycles. "
"Through this funding - said Luca Manzoni, Head of Corporate BPM - we want to offer further evidence of the confidence that BPM puts in Italian companies." "The support of two financial partners as BPM and Sace - said Giovanni Castiglioni, President of MV Agusta Motor Spa - is key to this decisive moment of growth of Mv Agusta. Also leveraging their unquestionable ability we can continue our successful development. "
Mv Agusta, historical reality of Italian motorcycling racing, since 1945 produces commercial motor vehicles and race for the segments Supersport, Superbike, crossover and sport-naked. Today is one of the most valuable brands in Europe in the field of motion of high and medium capacity, developed directly within the research center Castiglioni of San Marino, owned by the company. With an export share of approximately 80% of sales, today Mv Agusta sells its products in over 50 countries worldwide.

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MV Agusta AMG Yellow Concept Design, the future according to Daniele Pelligra [EXCLUSIVE SKETCHS]

Daniele Pelligra did it again! Our designer has put back in front of the white sheet and this time had a clear idea in mind: MV Agusta and Daimler are now part of a single entity, and we already know that AMG will be directly involved in the work of the Italian house. What will come out of the collaboration of two brands so sporting and exclusive?

Daniel tried to imagine the result and you see it in these exclusive sketch that has prepared for Motorionline. This is the MV Agusta AMG Yellow Concept Design, inspired directly by the almost eponymous self-AMG GT Yellow Edition that we had had the opportunity to see also the Paris Motor Show last fall. It is a two-wheeler that the same Pelligra describes as "a bike light and fast, but especially handy in city traffic, worthy rival to the BMW GS, but offering greater lightness in weight and comfort in tracts citizens without sacrificing the amazing performance engine Italian. "

Our Daniel, however, was not limited to imagine the bike, but went even further. He came to conceive even a special helmet, ideally for sale along with the bike, equipped with something that until now we had only seen on cars: the Apple CarPlay. Daniele has imagined a system that EnginePlay exactly how the technology produced by Cupertino could melt helmet, bike and smartphones, as well as to bring to the conditions of the bike rider, consumption, navigation and more.

In short, an incredibly ambitious project. Could become reality? Would you like a MV Agusta so?

Credits: Motorionline.com and Daniele Pelligra

Giovanni Castiglioni, MV Agusta President: "Stradale 800, created for multiple use"

We are in Malaga, Spain, to try the new Tourer home MV Agusta, the Stradale 800. The base is now known of the three-cylinder MV of Rivale, 115 hp, with a cycling magazine and with many unique components and studied specially. Starting from the frame and a longer swingarm 30 mm compared to the sister Rivale 800.

Giovanni Castiglioni, CEO of MV Agusta

Here we find a hydraulic clutch, three mappings: Sport, 115 hp at 11,000 rpm, Normal, 90 hp, Rain and Custom. This fully customizable depending on the driver's needs. Three available colors: Pearl White / Grey metallic sand, Red / Silver and Bronze Metallic / Pearl White at a price of 13,990 Euros with Bosch ABS system plus 9 more RLM (Rear wheel lift-up mitigation) and electronic assistance EAS 2.0 for the six-speed gearbox.

For 2015 the Varese opens to tourism, we interviewed Giovanni Castiglioni, MV Agusta CEO, who told us why the entry in the segment of road touring bikes and the news of the new MV Agusta 800 Stradale.

MV Agusta enters for the first time in the world of the Tourer, why this choice?
"We have expanded our product range, entering more or less in all segments and we were missing one of the tourer. With Road and Turismo Veloce want to take both customers "light" that the real tourer, that is a tourer medium-short range and one in the medium-long range '

The Stradale 800 bike is built exclusively for use tourist or not only?
"The Stradale 800 was born to a multipurpose use, which allows you then to be able to go to the city, in offce, have fun going to do the mountain pass or just a weekend with his girlfriend. It 'a motorcycle handyman. "

In order to make the two series of side cases, with integrated turn signals, there was need for a special approval process? Why this choice?
"It 's the first time you made a choice like this and there was therefore need a special approval. We decided to take this choice because nobody until now had thought about integrating the stops inside the bags. The Stradale 800 so it gains from the aesthetic point of view, leaving the rear clean. The customer who buys MV, buy a motorcycle aspirational and should seek to have the design skills that others do not have. "

What kind of customers will pay attention?
"This bike will turn much to lovers of naked sports, who want to have a bike more comfortable without having to switch to a tourer real."

The Sradale 800 already this December will be on sale at your dealerships. Will then be made of the test-ride for your customers?
"We will definitely open day with the test ride dedicated to all our future customers who want to try the new MV Agusta 800 Stradale."


Thomas Bressani

Moto.it

December 7, 2014