In exciting news, actor Ranveer Singh becomes the official brand ambassador for Ducati motorcycles in India. To celebrate this partnership, the Italian two-wheeler giant gave the first Diavel V4 to him. Ducati has been quite active in the Indian market lately. It announced new 9 motorcycles for India at the beginning of this year. In addition to that, it opened 2 new showrooms in our country this year itself. These are in Chandigarh and Ahmedabad. That clearly highlights how the Italian auto giant perceives our market. With this latest news, it clearly plans to expand in our market in times to come. Here are the details.
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Ranveer Singh Becomes Ducati Brand Ambassador
This news was shared by the official Instagram handles of Ducati and Ranveer Singh. The caption reads, “Here’s welcoming @ranveersingh to the world of @ducati at the launch of the Diavel V4! We are thrilled to announce him as our Ambassador and congratulate him as the first Diavel V4 of India heads to his garage!” This is a common trend in the automotive world to gift a vehicle or motorcycle to the brand ambassador for lending his/her name to the brand. Needless to mention, it is accompanied by contracts worth millions of dollars or crores of rupees.
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Diavel V4
Diavel V4 comes with a 1,158-cc four-cylinder liquid-cooled, fuel-injected engine with a counter-rotating crankshaft making an impressive 168 hp (124 kW) @10,750 RPM and 126 Nm @7,500 RPM of peak power and torque. Performing the transmission duties is a 6-speed gearbox with Ducati Quick Shift Up/Down feature and hydraulically controlled slipper and self-servo wet multi-plate clutch. It has an aluminium monocoque frame and a 50 mm fully adjustable USD fork at the front.
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At the rear, one gets a fully adjustable monoshock suspension with an aluminium single-sided swingarm. There are 17-inch light alloy wheels with Pirelli Diablo Rosso tyres. The front brake has 330 mm dual semi-floating discs (Brembo Stylema Monobloc) with 4-piston callipers while the rear brake has a 265 mm Brembo disc with a 2-piston floating calliper with cornering ABS function. It weighs 211 kg and has a seat height of 790 mm. Moreover, the wheelbase is 1,593 mm and the fuel tank capacity is a decent 20 litres. There are a ton of tech, connectivity and convenience features on offer too. The price of the Diavel V4 starts at a whopping Rs 25.91 lakh, ex-showroom.
