MV Agusta is returning to the international racing scene, signing a three-year contract the ParkinGo race team to compete in the World Supersport Championship.

ParkinGo technicians will handle the development of the MV Agusta F3 675 for Supersport competition. As yet, no riders have been announced for the ParkinGo MV Agusta team. The team’s task is to bring racing glory back to MV Agusta which lists 37 world titles with Giacomo Agostini.

The three-year agreement was signed Nov. 22 on what would have been the 65th birthday of Claudio Castiglioni, the late MV Agusta president and founder of Cagiva. Continue Reading »

MV Agusta is developing a new model to be revealed at the 2012 EICMA show in November. While it isn’t that surprising an Italian manufacturer will have something to show off in Milan, the big news is the new model will not be a sportbike or a naked but a new motorcycle segment for MV Agusta.

Rumors of a new MV Agusta have been circulating for a while, gathering momentum when the company recently trademarked the name “Rivale”. The new model is rumored to be a motard to compete against the Ducati Hypermotard. Recent statements from MV Agusta Chief Executive Officer Giovanni Castiglioni seem to support this theory.

In an interview with Italian site Moto.it, Castiglioni says the new model will be presented at EICMA 2012 and that it will surprise people. Castiglioni says the new model will not be a hypersport like the MV Agusta F4 or the F3 675 or their Brutale naked versions, but a model with an upright riding position.

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MV Agusta’s Giovanni Castiglioni sent out the following open letter, speaking of his father, the late Claudio Castiglioni, and his battle against illness, as well as how the company will continue along the path Claudio had set.

I am writing you this letter to personally thank you for the outpouring of affection that you have demonstrated both towards my father and our family.

All of you have come to know Claudio, but I believe that I knew him more intimately than anybody else as he was more than a father to me, he was also my best friend, business partner, reference point and the person whom I could call on at anytime, day or night, to share both good and bad news.

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