Eighty years ago today, the Società Anonima Meccanica Verghera was officially in Cascina Costa di Samarate, near today’s Milano Malpensa Airport, in northern Italy. It was the birth of what we know today as MV Agusta.
Despite Italy declaring war on Germany on October 13, 1944, officially ending its role in the World War II Axis Powers, the country faced the same post-war sanctions as other defeated European nations. That included prohibiting the manufacturing of many things of potential military use, such as aircraft.
The Agusta…
