MV Agusta officially enters India
The iconic Italian company has announced its official entry into India through an exclusive partnership with the Kinetic Group. The company also announced its new range of superbikes which include some exclusive editions.
The range includes the F3 800, the F4, F4RR, Brutale 1090 and Brutale 1090RR.
The MV Agusta F3 is currently the most affordable bike from the Italian marque and is priced at Rs 16.78 lakh (ex-showroom Pune). It is powered by an 800cc 3-cylinder engine that makes 145bhp and 88Nm and weighs a scant 173kg (dry). Equipment levels are high with ABS, 8-stage traction control and multiple riding modes. The F3 is available in three colors – Matte metallic Senna black & Pearl ice white/matte Avio grey & Red/silver
The MV Agusta F4 has a 998cc four-cylinder motor, which delivers 192bhp and 111Nm of torque. It is priced at Rs 26.87 lakh (ex-showroom Pune) and is available in two colors- Red/silver/matte black & White ice pearl/matte black. The bike is brought as a semi-knocked down unit to India and is assembled here at Kinetic’s Ahmednagar plant. Rest of the range will be bought as CBUs for now.
The F4 RR is the range topper of the F4 series. Its 998cc four-cylinder mill gets GP-spec titanium con rods that help it make 201bhp. Extra equipment includes an inertial control platform with lean angle sensor, a reworked riding position, full Ride-By-Wire and Öhlins electronic suspension. The MV Agusta F4 RR is priced at Rs 35.71 lakh (ex-showroom Pune) and is available in two colors as well- White ice pearl/metal black carbon & Avio grey/black carbon.The limited-edition F4 RC will also go on sale in the later part of the year for Rs 50 lakh.
The Brutale 1090 is powered by a 1078cc four-cylinder motor that makes 142bhp and 112Nm of torque; it is priced at Rs 20.10 lakh (ex-showroom Pune) and is available in Matte Black & Matte White colors. Read the review here.
The Brutale 1090RR is typically race-bred version of the 1090. It is powered by the same 1078cc four-cylinder motor from the 1090 but now makes 156bhp. The Brutale 1090 RR is priced at Rs 24.78 lakh (ex-showroom Pune) and is available in Black metallic/Avio grey metallic & Graphite metallic/pearl ice white colors.
Along with the new bikes MV Agusta also announced the opening of its new showroom in Pune which will be followed by five new showrooms across India in the coming months. They include Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Ahmedabad. MV Agusta will be coming up with more dealerships next year. The bikes will be sold through exclusive ‘Motoroyale’ showrooms that will focus on will focus on sales, service, spares and after sales support for MV Agusta customers in India
As most of you enthusiasts might have noticed, the Brutale 800 that we had reviewed (read review here) is missing from the launch list. The reason for this is that Kinetic Motoroyale plans to bring the 2016 version of the Brutale 800 which was showcased at EICMA last year and is currently in the process of homologating the bike.
Currently barring the F3, all the bikes bought into India are CBUs but Kinetic Motoroyale plans to locally assemble the entire range of bike here to get the prices down. In the coming years, more models will trickle in and MV Agusta hopes to get its entire range to India and that includes the Dragster and Rivale 800.
