The Ducati Superleggera V4 Centenario Is 247 HP, 173 KG, and Already Sold Out

Ducati turned 100 and celebrated by building the most extreme road-legal motorcycle in the company’s history. The Superleggera V4 Centenario is the fourth installment in Ducati’s “super light” series, and the numbers are absurd even by superbike standards.

The Desmosedici Stradale R 1100 V4 combines the cylinder head from the 998cc Panigale V4 R with the regular Panigale’s longer stroke, bringing displacement to 1,103cc. Euro5+ homologated output is 225 horsepower at 14,500 rpm. Bolt on the included Akrapovic racing exhaust and Ducati Corse performance oil, and output climbs to 247 horsepower.

Wet weight: 173 kilograms. That power-to-weight ratio puts it in territory that most sportscars can’t reach.

Everything Is Carbon

Full carbon fiber frame, subframes, swingarm, wheels, and fairing. The Centenario is the first production motorcycle with road-legal carbon brake discs and carbon front fork tubes. Ducati didn’t just lightweigh the bike. They rebuilt the structural architecture in carbon.

The Livery

GP26 Rosso Centenario, a dark red sourced from Ducati’s origin story: the 1949 Ducati 60 and the 1955 Gran Sport “Marianna,” the company’s first racebike. White stripes. The Tricolore edition (100 units at EUR 200,000) wears the number 618, the same number Marco Lucchinelli carried when he won the 1986 Battle of the Twins at Daytona as the reigning 500cc World Champion.

Production and Price

500 standard units at EUR 150,000 (roughly $165,000). 100 Tricolore editions at EUR 200,000. All 600 are sold. North American deliveries begin Q1 2027, including a limited-edition riding jacket and helmet.

If you wanted one, you needed to have ordered it before this article was published. The secondary market is where these will surface, and the premiums will be steep.