MV Agusta auction $165,000 UNICEF F3 800 to support children

MV Agusta have announced the donation of a special edition, one-of-a-kind F3 800 motorcycle to UNICEF Italia in support of their worldwide fight to defend the rights of vulnerable children seeking shelter, food and protection. The bike, was auctioned off on August 9 in the course of a gala event held at an exclusive location in Porto Cervo, Sardinia’s undisputed capital of luxury holidays.

The “UNICEF Summer Gala”, in its second edition this year, was organised in cooperation with LuisaViaRoma, one of Italy’s top fashion online retailers. The auction featured a number of unique works of art and exclusive items. Among them, MV Agusta’s special F3 800. It did very well and was sold to an MV collector for a stunning $165,000 AUD, that will go entirely to UNICEF.

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Timur Sardarov, CEO of MV Agusta, said: “I am so happy that our special F3 800 for UNICEF Italia found such a generous buyer. All our motorcycles are hand-crafted and it takes an incredible amount of pride, passion and experience to manufacture one. This special one is unique and to know it will serve a unique cause makes every woman and man involved in its production even prouder. I wish to thank UNICEF Italia for giving us this opportunity to support them in defending vulnerable children”.