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Ducati Panigale V4

  • Motosikal Ducati Panigale V4 telah dinamakan motosikal lumba terlaris dunia pada tahun 2018.
  • 6,100 unit telah dijual daripada keseluruhan 9,700 unit Panigale.
  • Bagaimana pun, jualan keseluruhan Ducati telah jatuh sebanyak 5% akibat kemerosotan pasaran Amerika Syarikat.

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  • The Ducati Panigale V4 was the world’s best-selling sportbike in 2018.

  • 6,100 units were sold out of a total of 9,700 Panigales.

  • However, Ducati’s overall sales dropped 5% due to the slump in the American market.

Forget about the naysayers, the Ducati Panigale V4 proved to be the world’s best-selling sportbike in 2018.

In fact, Ducati was the leading sportbike manufacturer through selling 9,700 Panigale models. That figure corresponds to a 70% increase over 2017. Of those, 6,100 were the new Panigale V4 models. That is remarkable, considering the price of the bikes!

2019 Ducati Panigale V4R

Hence, the Italian manufacturer now holds a 26% market share in the sportbike segment. Yes, 1 of 4 sportbikes is a Panigale.

On another hand, the Multistrada line-up also contributed to Ducati’s overall sales. 11,829 of the sport-tourers were sold in 2018. 6,569 of those were from the new Multistrada 1260 range – a 25% increase.

2018 Ducati Multistrada 1260S

Unfortunately, Ducati’s overall global sales dropped by 5% to 53,004, which ended an eight-year streak of record sales. The reduction was due to the precipitous 9% drop in American motorcycle sales.

As such, America is no longer Ducati’s biggest market; handing over that title to Italy (4.5% up).

Other growing markets are China (up 23%), Spain (up 8%), Switzerland (up 2.2%) and Japan (up 2%).

The Italian manufacturer has 9 new models in 2019, all equipped with IMU-based traction control and cornering ABS. They are hoping the new bikes will drive up sales for the year.

2019 Ducati Diavel 1260S

  • Jentera Ducati Panigale V4 R 2019 telah membuat kemunculan sulungnya pada hujung minggu yang lalu sewaktu pusingan British Superbikes (BSB) di Litar Brands Hatch.
  • Pusingan demonstrasi telah dilakukan oleh penunggang uji bagi pasukan MotoGP Ducati, Michelle Pirro.
  • Motosikal Ducati Panigale V4 R 1000cc ini akan membuat kemunculan sulung perlumbaannya pada tahun hadapan dalam siri perlumbaan WorldSBK dan BSB.

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  • The 2019 Ducati Panigale V4 R finally broke its covers last weekend during the British Superbikes (BSB) round at Brands Hatch Circuit.

  • Demo laps were carried out by Ducati’s MotoGP test rider, Michelle Pirro.

  • The 1000cc Ducati Panigale V4 R will be making its racing debut next year in WorldSBK and BSB.

Image source: MCN

The recent British Superbike (BSB) round at Brands Hatch Circuit in Kent, England saw quite a few surprises thrown into the mix from championship winners being decided to a brand new race machine parade lap. The latter caught our attention as Ducati decided to debut the 2019 Ducati Panigale V4 R and its 1,000cc V4 configuration for racing purposes. (more…)

  • Alvaro Bautista mengesahkan perpindahannya ke siri perlumbaan WorldSBK untuk musim 2019 setelah menandatangani perjanjian dengan pasukan Aruba.it Racing – Ducati.
  • Penunggang MotoGP bagi pasukan Angel Nieto itu akan bersaing seiring dengan teman sepasukan baharunya, Chaz Davies.
  • Kedua-dua penunggang bagi pasukan pengilang Ducati tersebut juga bakal menggunakan jentera Ducati Panigale V4 R 1,000cc baharu dengan harapan dapat memenangi kejuaraan pada musim yang akan datang.

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  • Alvaro Bautista confirms his move to WorldSBK 2019 after signing with the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team.

  • The current MotoGP rider for the Angel Nieto squad will be racing alongside his new teammate, Chaz Davies.

  • Both riders in the Ducati factory team will also debut the brand new 1,000cc Ducati Panigale V4 R with hopes to win the championship next season.

Looks like the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati WorldSBK squad is all set for the 2019 season, folks! After the announcement of a brand new signing with the current Angel Nieto MotoGP rider, Alvaro Bautista, the Ducati factory WorldSBK team also confirmed that they’ve also extended their contract with Chaz Davies. (more…)

  • Ducati telah mengumumkan bahawa akan ada lebih banyak model yang dijana oleh enjin V4.
  • Enjin ini akan digarap dari enjin Desmosedici Stradale yang menjana motosikal Panigale V4.
  • Enjin V4 baharu tersebut akan lebih ‘mampu milik’, menurut Ducati.

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  • Ducati announced that more models will be powered by the V-Four engine.

  • The engine will be adopted from the Desmosedici Stradale that’s powering the Panigale V4.

  • The new V-Four engines will be more “affordable” according to Ducati.

The Ducati Panigale V4 marked a paradigm shift for the Italian manufacturer as they move from their signature and traditional V-Twin to the V-Four format to power their production sportbikes.

2018 Ducati Panigale V4S Test & Review

 

However, while the 1103cc Desmosedici Stradale engine in the Panigale V4 alone at the moment, as they will adopt it to an entire range of new V-Four powered bikes. Ducati called some of the models “affordable.”

But cheaper in what sense? The V-Four format is inherently more complex (hence more expensive) than the V-Twin or even the inline-Four to build. There has to be a compromise somewhere and that should be the materials used, hence making less power.

The manufacturer had also said that the next V-Four model should be an “R” version of a smaller capacity Panigale V4. According to Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali, we should see the V-Four format powering other models other than the Panigale in the near future.

“It will be more in the future because we think that we don’t want to just take this engine and apply it as it is. The new motor will be one that will be based on this technology but will be much more tuned for longer distance and lower maintenance cost and this is where our development we will focus. It’s taking time because we want to be right, but this is where we are going,” Domenicali told Motorcycle News.

That’s a mouth-watering prospect, indeed. Multistrada V4 or Streetfighter V4, anyone?

Ducati Streetfighter V4 coming soon?

  • 12 Ducati Panigale V4 S race livery bikes will be auctioned off in conjunction with the World Ducati Week 2018.

  • These race-prepped bikes are designed based on the Ducati riders from MotoGP and WorldSBK.

  • The riders will compete in the Race of Champions tomorrow before the bikes will be publicly-auctioned on eBay.

There are a lot of things that can be said about the latest-generation Ducati Panigale V4. Out of all these things, one thing is for sure; we love it. A LOT. So, what is Ducati’s plan to make their first-ever full production V4 superbike even more special? By coming with 12 special editions! (more…)

  • Rumours about Ducati possibly unleashing Ducati Streetfighter V4 is currently being discussed by motoring experts.

  • The next-generation Ducati Streetfighter powered by the 1,103cc Desmosedici Stradale V4 engine does sound amazing.

  • Based on reliable sources, the possibility of a Ducati Streetfighter V4 is not a question of if but more on when.

It was only at the end of last month when we were presented with the golden opportunity to test out Ducati’s first-ever full-production V4 superbike which is the 2018 Ducati Panigale V4 S (read our review HERE). While the news on the latest-generation Panigale is still as hot as the burning sun, talks about a streetfighter version are already underway. (more…)

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