CAGIVA RETURNS FOR 2018!

But this time the Italian beauties will be electric only

Iconic Italian motorcycle manufacturer Cagiva is set to relaunch for 2018 with a new range of electric motorcycles.

The news comes from MV Agusta, which owns the Cagiva brand. The formerly iconic Italian marque stopped production back in 2012, following a decision by the MV group to focus efforts on MV Agusta alone.

Now that MV Agusta is back on a solid footing (financially speaking) due to recent investments, there's a plan in place to revive Cagiva and – this time – the big bosses are looking to relaunch Cagiva into the blossoming electric market with a whole new range of zero-emission motorcycles.

In an interview this month MV Agusta’s Giovanni Castiglioni said: “I believe in electric. There is a great potential, and we are making a project there – under another brand – which is Cagiva. We are investing in lightweight fun vehicles, bikes. Let’s say in-between… it’s a family. It’s a family that goes between a bicycle to a Zero-type bike, but different.

“If you want to go at 300mph, then buy a combustion engine. But I think there can be a lot of potential market for electric motorcycles, and we want to be there, this is why we invest in it now. We’ll see in the next five years how the market will change. I think there is a great opportunity for that.”