Pierer Mobility is planning the return of MV Agusta to the Regina Class in 2027. However, the engine will be the KTM one in MotoGP.
The Pierer Mobility Groupafter completing the purchase of a 50.1% majority stake in MV Agusta wants its return to MotoGP in 2027: “We still intend to bring MV Agusta back to the premier class”. The motor used will however be that of KTM.
“We don’t want to deprive MV Agusta of the best engine”
MV Agusta could return to the Queen Class after the parenthesis with Forward Racing in Moto2 from 2019 to 2022, which did not do the brand any good. The Austrian Pierer Mobility acquired a majority stake in the 50.1%, after the Italian motorcycle manufacturer Meccanica Verghera passed through several hands and was forced to stop production several times due to Financial problems. Stefan Pierer, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pierer Mobility AG with the brands KTM, Husquarna and GASGAS, has expanded the model range of the Pierer Group with three- and four-wheelers after completing the acquisition in March 2024. cylinders.
Own Stefan Piererduring the 2023 Austrian GP he announced that he would report MV Agusta in the Regina class in MotoGP in 2027and now that the group is competing at the highest levels in the Dakar Rally, the MXGP world championship and MotoGP, MV could also be part of this elite. In its history, the MV Corse Department has won a total of 75 world championship titles, including 37 constructors’ and 38 drivers’ titles. The latest victory is clearly by Giacomo Agostini and dates back to the German GP at the Nurburgring in 1976, a long time ago now.
“From 2024 to 2026 we need to get the company back on track”
“We still have the intention and plan to bring MV Agusta back to the premier class”he has declared Hubert Trunkenpoltzmember of the Board of Directors of Pierer Mobility AG at GPOne.com: “But we certainly won’t do it by developing a separate engine. Because there is only one best MotoGP engine in the house And we don’t want to deprive MV of this, we want it for this brand too”. MV Agusta will therefore not be a manufacturer in itself, as in 2027 KTM and MV they will use the same new 850 cc engine: “We can’t afford it and we won’t afford it.”
“Our plan with MV Agusta is very simple, from 2024 to 2026 we need to get the company back on track, for the moment we are talking about work in progress in Varese. It will take some time to stabilize all aspects, from the product range to the production sites and the commercial side. Until we have everything sorted out, there is no point in racing in MotoGP. However, 2027 could be a good year for MV Agusta to enter MotoGP. But MV certainly won’t have the financial or technical resources to build its own MotoGP bike. This is why we would like to use the same platform as KTM for the V4 engine. And we would continue this commitment with the team Tech3 by Hervè Poncharal“.
MV Agusta in MotoGP: “Dorna will tell us if it considers us as a manufacturer”
Trunkenpoltz concludes by stating: “Maybe we will develop different chassis and different aerodynamics, all of this is feasible and imaginable, but the engine will be the same. Dorna will then tell us whether it considers us as its own manufacturer or as a satellite team without its own rating for the constructors’ championship. At that point we will take note of the decision.” In return, if this becomes reality, GASGAS would abandon MotoGP after 4 years. But the MV Agusta motorcycles will not be identical to the current KTM RC16.
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