Moto Guzzi turns 100: Adler von Mandello celebrates its anniversary

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Moto Guzzi turns 100: Adler von Mandello celebrates its anniversary
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Moto Guzzi turns 100: Adler von Mandello celebrates its anniversary

Moto Guzzi turns 100: Adler von Mandello celebrates its anniversary

Moto Guzzi turns 100: Adler von Mandello celebrates its anniversary

Moto Guzzi turns 100: Adler von Mandello celebrates its anniversary

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Moto Guzzi is celebrating its 100th birthday and is launching special Centenario models.

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A satined aluminum tank is part of the Centenario paintwork.

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The side covers are painted matt green.

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The bench is made of brown suede.

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There are also special model badges.

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The Moto Guzzi V7 Stone Centenario starts at 9,300 euros.

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It will be available from February.

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This is the Moto Guzzi V9 Bobber Centenario.

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It has the same paintwork.

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The Centenario special models will only be offered in 2021.

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The Moto Guzzi V9 Bobber Centenario costs 10,950 euros.

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The V85 TT also comes as a Centenario special model.

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The same color scheme here too.

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The Enduro V85 TT as the Centenario anniversary model is available from 12,490 euros.

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The 100th anniversary takes place in September in Mandello del Lario.

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the “Società Anonima Moto Guzzi” was founded on March 15, 1921 in Genoa.

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Moto Guzzi turns 100: Adler von Mandello celebrates its anniversary

Moto Guzzi turns 100
The Mandello Eagle celebrates its anniversary

On March 15, 1921, the “Società Anonima Moto Guzzi” founded. Today the Italian motorcycle manufacturer is 100 years old.


Uli Baumann

03/15/2021

The history of Moto Guzzi is full of history, grandiose motorcycles, great victories, spectacular adventures and extraordinary personalities, all together sharing the legendary reputation of the brand with the “Mandello Eagle” have co-founded.

Every Moto Guzzi that goes out into the world has been made in the Mandello factory since 1921. Built in the place where Moto Guzzi was founded exactly 100 years ago. And if Roberto Colaninno, Chairman and CEO of the Piaggio Group, to which Moto Guzzi has belonged since 2004, goes, it will stay that way for the next 100 years.

This is how Guzzi came to the eagle

The unmistakable trademark, the “Mandello Eagle”, who shaped the myth of Moto Guzzi to a large extent, has always been inextricably linked with the history of Italy. The eagle with the outstretched wings refers to the military service of the company founders Carlo Guzzi and Giorgio Parodi from their time together with the Italian naval aviators during the First World War “Marina Regia” return. Together with their friend, the pilot Giorgio Ravelli, the two had decided to set up a company to manufacture motorcycles after the end of the war. Ravelli died in an air accident in 1919 and was never able to realize his dream. Guzzi and Parodi chose the eagle as the symbol of their brand in memory of their friend and companion.


Moto Guzzi turns 100: Adler von Mandello celebrates its anniversary


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Over the past 100 years, Moto Guzzi has won countless victories on the world’s racetracks and won 14 world titles. Moto Guzzi set speed records, Moto Guzzi was the motorcycle of the police and the army. On the international stage, the Guzzi was used by the LAPD – Los Angeles Police Department, and more recently by the Berlin police as well as in numerous other cities in Europe. And both the state escort of the King of Jordan and the Corazzieri, the bodyguard of the Italian President, drive Moto Guzzi.

Big celebration in Mandello del Lario


Moto Guzzi turns 100: Adler von Mandello celebrates its anniversary


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And of course Guzzi also celebrates himself, together with his fans. The Moto Guzzi World Days in Mandello del Lario, due to take place from September 9-12, 2021, will be the culmination of the Moto Guzzi 100th anniversary celebrations. Tens of thousands of enthusiasts from all corners of the world are expected. In addition, the Italians have launched a special anniversary edition of the V85 TT, V9 and V7 models.

100 years of Moto Guzzi in rapid succession

On March 15, 1921 the “Società Anonima Moto Guzzi” founded. As a corporate purpose, the “Manufacture and sale of motorcycles as well as all other activities related to metalworking and mechanical engineering” specified. The company’s shareholders are Emanuele Vittorio Parodi, a well-known shipowner from Genoa, his son Giorgio and his friend Carlo Guzzi, a former comrade in the Regia Aviazione (Royal Air Force).


Moto Guzzi turns 100: Adler von Mandello celebrates its anniversary


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Moto Guzzi Normale – it all started with her in 1921.

This was the starting point of an industrial company based in Mandello del Lario – in whose halls the motorcycles with the eagle are still manufactured today. Motorcycles like the GT 500 Norge (1928), with which Carlo Guzzi’s brother Giuseppe drove to the Arctic Circle, the Airone 250 (1939) or the Galletto (1950), which made people mobile in the post-war period, shaped the early years.

In 1950, Moto Guzzi was the world’s first manufacturer to build a state-of-the-art wind tunnel in Mandello del Lario. From 1935 until the retirement from racing in 1957, Moto Guzzi set a total of 15 speed records (the Guzzi Otto Cilindri, for example, reached 285 km / h) as well as 14 world championship titles and 11 victories in the Tourist Trophy.

In the mid-1960s, Moto Guzzi presented the 90 ° V2 engine with cardan drive, which was to become the trademark of the brand. This engine formed the basis for models such as the Guzzi V7, the V7 Special, V7 Sport, the California and Le Mans. The 90 ° V2 concept has been consistently maintained and maintained to this day. All current models rely on this drive layout.


Moto Guzzi turns 100: Adler von Mandello celebrates its anniversary


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And what does the future hold? Piaggio CEO Colaninno sees the brand at the beginning of a new era of success. Well then, let’s go into the next 100 years.

Conclusion

The Italian motorcycle manufacturer Moto Guzzi celebrates its 100th birthday. The Piaggio Group, to which Guzzi has belonged since 2004, sees the brand at the beginning of a new era of success. We congratulate and keep our fingers crossed.

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