MV Agusta has confirmed what the trade press had been reporting for weeks: the Varese factory has entered Italy’s CNC corporate-rescue framework, and owner Art of Mobility has been holding — and in some cases already rejecting — talks about bringing in outside investment. It’s the first time the company itself has put a name to the situation, rather than leaving it to reporters piecing together factory-floor photos and supplier rumours.

I’ve wanted a Brutale in my garage since I was old enough to understand what “1000cc naked triple” meant, and reading a company statement that uses the phrase “corporate rescue procedure” about the people who build it is not a good feeling, even secondhand.

What MV Agusta actually said

The statement confirms MV Agusta has entered Italy’s Composizione Negoziata della Crisi (CNC) — a legal framework that lets a company renegotiate its financial position with creditors, with an independent expert mediating and some tax relief attached, without going straight to insolvency. It’s a formal declaration that the company needs to restructure, not a euphemism for something worse, but it’s also not a routine filing — healthy manufacturers don’t enter it.

On ownership, MV Agusta confirmed that Art of Mobility “has initiated and assessed a number of discussions” with outside parties about the shareholder structure. Some of those talks “were explored in depth and subsequently considered not viable,” others “did not meet the necessary requirements in terms of substance and reliability” — company language for turning down offers that weren’t real money. Other scenarios remain under evaluation, so this isn’t over.

The numbers MV Agusta is leading with

Metric H1 2025 H1 2026 Change
Global retail registrations 2,094 2,166 +3.4%
Italy registrations 500 644 +28.8%
France — — +42.3%
United States — — +24.2%

Those are genuinely positive numbers for a company mid-restructuring, and MV Agusta is clearly leading with them on purpose: the message is “demand isn’t the problem.” Product roadmap and company ownership are separate conversations even when they’re colliding at the same time — Royal Enfield’s Himalayan 750 is still picking up new equipment with no launch date attached, and nobody reads that as a sign Royal Enfield itself is in trouble.

What this follows

This statement is a direct response to weeks of reporting that the Varese factory had gone quiet since April and that a proposed CFMoto stake deal, seen as a likely rescue plan, had collapsed. MV Agusta didn’t deny the factory disruption or the collapsed talks; it confirmed the restructuring and reframed the ownership search as ongoing rather than failed. For a brand that’s been through financial trouble and Chinese-investor rescue talks before — first with CFMoto’s predecessor stake attempts — a CNC filing is at least a structured, court-adjacent process rather than the informal drift that preceded it.

None of this changes anything for a European buyer today: MV Agusta’s dealers are still selling bikes, and the company’s own registration numbers say demand hasn’t collapsed. What’s unresolved is who owns the company a year from now, and whether that owner keeps building bikes in Varese — a very different kind of uncertainty than, say, KTM launching a brand-new model like the 690 Rally with a straightforward dealer date to hit rather than a balance sheet to fix.

FAQ

Is MV Agusta going bankrupt?

Not according to its own statement. The CNC framework it has entered is a formal restructuring and negotiation process under Italian law, distinct from insolvency — but it’s a serious step that only financially strained companies take.

Has MV Agusta found a new investor?

No. The company says several investment discussions were explored and rejected as not viable or not substantial enough, while other opportunities remain under evaluation. Nothing has been signed.

MV Agusta’s statement doesn’t name CFMoto specifically, but it follows weeks of reporting that a CFMoto stake deal collapsed and the factory went quiet — this statement is the company’s first on-record response to that reporting.

Does this affect MV Agusta sales or warranty support right now?

Not based on anything in the statement. MV Agusta reported registrations up 3.4% year-on-year for H1 2026, with Italy, France and the US all showing double-digit growth.

Official source: https://www.mvagusta.com/us/en/news/mv-agusta-mid-year-update

Reporting via: rideapart.com, mcnews.com.au, visordown.com