2012 Ducati Panigale 1199

Ducati engineers were given a near impossible design brief to create the new generation Superbike engine for the Ducati 1199 Panigale: increase power, torque and user-friendliness and reduce overall vehicle weight and scheduled maintenance costs. The innovative Superquadro engine, so called because of its massively over-square bore and stroke ratio, has increased power to an absolute production twin-cylinder milestone of 195hp and torque to 98.1 lb-ft (13.5kgm) with user-friendly Riding Modes that deliver that power appropriate to the rider’s style and environment. Only Fabio Taglioni’s masterpiece 90 L-twin configuration and Desmodromic valve control has been retained from previous engines. Everything else is new.