MAKE WAVES IN LAMBORGHINI’S NEW YACHT

Lamborghini didn’t always make supercars. Founded in the years following World War II, the company built tractors and agricultural machinery, as well as oil burners and airconditioners. In fact, Ferruccio Lamborghini, only decided to make cars after a spat with Enzo Ferrari spurred him to try and beat Italy’s most famous manufacturer of highperformance automobiles by taking him on at his own game.

Perhaps even less well-known, Lamborghini also produced marine engines — massively powerful motors that for a while became de rigueur in offshore powerboat racing. Based on the company’s famous road-car V12, they were so successful they won several world and European titles.

Thus the recently announced Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 high-performance yacht isn’t quite the radical departure for the car maker as it might sound. The vessel, which was designed jointly by the carmaker’s Centro Stile department and the Italian Sea Group, has a lightweight hull made from carbon fibre and similar advanced composite materials.

Style-wise, it’s inspired by Lamborghini supercars both past and current (the latest limited-edition Sián FKP 37 hypercar is one evident influence), with a profusion of hexagons inside the boat and out, and even Y-shape lights at the sharp end. As the name suggests, it’s 63 feet (19.2 metres) long and will be built in a limited number of 63 units (the numbers reference the date — 1963 — when Ferruccio established his auto business). It’s powered by a pair of V12 diesels that together produce around 4,000 horsepower, a prodigious output that, we’re told, gives the 24-tonne yacht a maximum speed in the range of 60 knots (110km/h).

As with terrestrial Lamborghinis, the sky’s virtually the limit when it comes to personalisation, which can be undertaken by the company’s Ad Personam operation, though even if you leave your Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 in bogstandard condition, you’ll still be forking out a hefty heap of wedge. We suspect, however, that for many owners the €3 million price tag will be a mere drop in the ocean.