After its worldwide reveal at World Ducati Week 2024 in Misano, Italy, the 2025 Ducati Panigale V4 superbike gets its official launch in Malaysia, priced at RM182,900. Pricing does not include road tax, insurance or registration and every Panigale V4 comes with Ducati’s three-year Ever Red factory warranty with unlimited mileage.
Now in its seventh generation, the Panigale V4 comes with an all-new chassis, swingarm and bodywork, all designed to make the rider go faster at the track. Pride of place goes to the V-four Ducati Stradale engine, displacing 1,103 cc.
Power is rated at 216 hp at 13,500 rpm with 120.9 Nm of torque at 11,250 rpm, while adding the under slung race silencers bumps that number up to 224 hp. Going for the full racing exhaust system gives the Panigale V4 a peak power of 229 hp.
The Stradale V-four now weighs one kg less with improvements in the cooling systems and reduced fuel consumption along with new camshafts. The Panigale V4’s electronics is also massively upgraded over the previous generation model.
This includes Ducati Vehicle Observer, an algorithm developed by Ducati to define slip and wheelie targets with precision, then feeding the information to the traction and wheelie control. Additionally, 70 virtual sensors collect information on real-time operating conditions.
All information is displayed on a 6.9-inch TFT-LCD unit with a resolution of 1280 x 480. The display comes with dedicated track and road modes, optimising information displayed to the rider.
The amount of information displayed in immense, including real time power and torque, g-force meter, lean angle – the new Panigale V4S is capable of leaning to 65-degrees – and tyre pressure monitoring. Notable is the lap timer, which uses GPS to track not only the current lap time, but also timing splits to show if the rider is holding constant, slower or faster than the current time.
Also new for the Panigale V4 is Brembo Hyper brake callipers in front, lighter by 60 grammes than the currently fitted Brembo Stylema callipers. The Hypure callipers offer improved internal ventilation and new road retention system as well as being offered in four colours – red, yellow, black and gold.
Making the Panigale V4 track ready are the wheels, able to be fitted with 125/70 and 200/65 Pirelli Diablo Superbike racing slicks without any further modification to the suspension or chassis. As standard, the Panigale V4 is fitted with Pirelli Diablo SuperCorsa SP-V4 tyres.
The Ducati Electronic Suspension, or DES 3.0 comes with new hardware and software plus new suspension linkage, offering more accurate telemetry damping customisation and better management of load transfer under acceleration. The suspension calibrates itself for comfort if it detects the Panigale V4S is being ridden on the road.
With bodywork inspired by the legendary Ducati 916, the bodywork on the Panigale V4 reduces drag, boosts cooling, and enhances rider comfort. This includes dual-profile wings derived from Formula 1, make the Panigale V4 easier to flick around at racetrack speeds with increased agility in side winds.
