MV Agusta and Harley Davidson. A match made in hell, perhaps, but Harley announced the agreement to buy the MV Agusta Group in 2008 for $109m (about €70m or £50m).
Claudio Castiglioni was still at the helm but the new American owners pumped $40m in to the company to clear up debts, upgrade production and launch a completely new three-cylinder F3, designed by the Ezio Mascheroni. MV was back on its feet (well, wheels).
Unfortunately, due to its own problems, Harley-Davidson decided to sell MV Agusta in 2009 and the Castiglioni family repurchased the new MV Agusta company, financially healthy and refreshed, for just 1 euro.
