Ducati Panigale V4 Wins Prestigious Award

Ducati’s new Panigale V4 has been honoured for its innovation after winning the prestigious iF International Design Award.

The new Panigale V4 was first unveiled at the 2024 World Ducati Week event last July, but while we’re not far from a year out since its first public appearance, the hype around the superbike remains strong.

And that’s been made evident by voting from the iF International Forum Design members, which is composed of 131 independent design professionals, as Ducati will be honoured with the award when the iF ceremony takes place on 28 April, 2025, at the Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin.

It comes as very little surprise to us that Ducati has taken home this award; in fact, in our review, we deemed it to be more stable, planted, and significantly easier to ride than any Panigale V4 that came before it.

No Ducati superbike “has ever been this easy to ride consistently and safely”, said Adam Child ‘Chad’ on behalf of Visordown. He added: “You can push the limits, relying heavily on the bike’s rider aids - a shift in mindset that allows you to do things you wouldn’t ordinarily attempt. The Panigale flatters the rider, enhancing lap times and making track riding more enjoyable. In short, it makes you faster.”

Ducati’s best Panigale V4 is not without competitors; we’re thinking BMW in particular, as well as Honda when it comes to the best overall superbike out there, but it’s clear that the new Panigale V4 is a bike that merits such an award.

Andrea Ferraresi, Strategy and Centro Stile Ducati Director, said: “The iF Design Award assigned to the Panigale V4 is a great recognition, which gratifies us for the work we have done in terms of design and style and confirms that we are moving in the right direction: looking ahead while keeping our focus on innovation, including stylistic innovation, but faithful to our principles.”

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