Superveloce 1000 heading for production By Ben Purvis
When MV Agusta showed the Brutale 1000-based Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro at EICMA back in 2022, there was never much doubt it would become a high-end production model in the future - and in the second half of 2024 that's exactly what's going to happen.
The Superveloce 1000 has been type-approved in Australia, with documents that, while referring to the limited-production 'Serie Oro' version that will come first, also include images of an all-black variant that might be representative of a full-production Superveloce 1000 that will follow it.
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The significance of the Superveloce 1000 isn't just its position as another high end, high priced MV Agusta with jaw-dropping styling and performance. It's the first 1000 cc MV to wear a full fairing since the F4 was dropped from production more than five years ago, and despite its retro look, its performance is right up there with the best of today's superbikes.
The design is very much in the mould of the existing three-cylinder Superveloce, with the addition of large winglets on the sides - something MV is keen to point out it was ahead of the game with, having raced a winged 500/4 with Phil Read back in 1972. At the back, four under-seat exhausts are a reminder of the original F4 that marked MV's return back in 1998.
According to the official type-approval documents, the production Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro will weigh in at 207 kg including fuel, which is 11 kg more than the Brutale 1000 it's based on. The engine puts out the same 153 kW as the Brutale 1000 and Rush 1000 models, showing it hasn't been retuned for the Superveloce, and details like the wheelbase confirm that the chassis is also unaltered.
While the paperwork refers to the 'Serie Oro' variant of the Superveloce 1000, as originally shown in 2022, the bike in the type-approval images appears to be a more mass-made version. As well as missing out on the signature red and silver paint of the Superveloce, it has wheels from the Brutale 1000 RR instead of the Serie Oro's five-spoke design and appears with a pillion seat, where the Serie Oro was shown as a single-seater.
It's MV's familiar modus operandi, dating right back to the original F4, to launch new models with a high-priced, limited-run 'Serie Oro' before following up with a less expensive full-production version. That's almost certainly what we see in these new images.
