after the last race at the nürburgring, mv agusta officially retired from motorsport. after 30 years of motorsport, the new majority shareholder did not want to invest more money in the racing department of the financially troubled company. a four-cylinder boxer engine with water cooling mounted longitudinally in the frame was in development, but never progressed beyond a prototype. in 1978 cagiva unsuccessfully tried to purchase the mv augusta racers as the basis for their own racing team.