The company began as an offshoot of the Agusta aviation company which was formed by Count Giovanni Agusta in 1923. The Count died in 1927, leaving the company in the hands of his wife and sons, Domenico, Vincenzo, Mario and Corrado. Count Vincenzo Agusta together with his brother Domenico formed MV Agusta (the MV stood for Meccanica Verghera) at the end of the Second World War as a means to save the jobs of employees of the Agusta firm and also to fill the post-war need for cheap, efficient transportation. They produced their first prototype, ironically called "Vespa 98", in 1945

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Harley-Davidson officially announced the purchase of European manufacturer MV Agusta July 11, over a month after news of their discussions leaked out. Once all the formalities and regulatory approvals are completed, MV Agusta, and its subsidiary Cagiva, will join Harley-Davidson’s stable which already includes the Buell brand of sportbikes.

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It is shocking to still hear that Proton made a profit by selling M.V. Agusta which it bought for 70 million Euro and sold for one Euro. The buyer, Gevi Spa did take over the debt of M.V. Agusta but Proton's share of the debt is 57 per cent i.e. 57 per cent of the total debt of 107 million Euro or 61 million Euro.

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Just when the people running the show at Proton would wish the name MV Agusta (“MVA”) will stay buried forever it raises its ugly head yet again. This time we have our former Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir, jumping on the news via his blog and claiming vindication for their decision to foray into MVA. Needless to say, Tun’s comments were reported by Malaysiakini verbatim when they updated their report entitled “MV Agusta – Proton sells for RM5, Harley buys for RM350 million”.

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No doubt hoping to capture a little of the magic that has seen Triumph’s class-smashing 675 Daytona make a massive impression in road tests, track tests and sales charts, MV Agusta is developing its own 675cc triple - and in typical Claudio Castiglioni style, just about betting the company’s survival on it.

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Heard of MV Augusta? MV Augusta is a Italian motocycle maker that makes MV Augusta and Cagiva bikes for racing and street use. The company was not doing too well and eventually when appraoched by Proton ,it was sold for 70 million euro in December 2004. Proton realised after that that there wasnt much synergy between the companies and decided to cut its ties with MV Agusta and sold it to GEVI SpA, a Genoa-based financing company related to Carige, for a token euro excluding debt.

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Moulding matter with the force of passion. By means of this philosophy, MV AGUSTA creates its models following a commitment that starts from expert craftsmanship and materializes into the rational language of standardisation. For these reasons, the MV AGUSTA F4 and Brutale behold a different and unreachable beauty where the richness of contents reveal both the complexity of a product carefully handmade and the rational execution necessary for mass production.

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