Latest archived mark · 2000
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Latest archived mark · undated
Bimota
Explore full logo history →| What we compare | Cagiva | Bimota |
|---|---|---|
| Country in archive | Italy | Italy |
| Founded | 1950 | 1973 |
| Founder | Giovanni Castiglioni | Valerio Bianchi, Giuseppe Morri and Massimo Tamburini |
| Headquarters | Varese, Lombardy, Italy | Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
| Name origin | Cagiva is a portmanteau of Castiglioni Giovanni Varese: the surname and first name of founder Giovanni Castiglioni combined with the city of Varese, where the company was founded in 1950. | Bimota is a portmanteau of the first two letters of each founder's surname: Bianchi, Morri and Tamburini. The company was founded in Rimini in 1973 by Valerio Bianchi, Giuseppe Morri and Massimo Tamburini. |
| Highlights | Elefant, Mito, C591 | DB1, Tesi, V Due, BB3 |
| Earliest archived brand logo | 1978 | — |
| Latest archived logo | 2000 | undated |
| Archived logo assets | 3 | 1 |
Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.
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