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Supercar builder Lamborghini has joined forces with The Italian Sea Group to develop a stunning new luxury superboat. Called the Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63, it will be the first boat to wear the famous ’fighting bull’ logo.
The styling is said to take its inspiration from the 220mph Lamborghini Sián FKP 37, the limited edition hybrid supercar that combines a petrol V12 engine with an F1 super-capacitor to boost its power and range. The car references are evident in that sweeping roof line, the glazing in the hull and the sweet nose-covers that conceal the anchor system.
The automotive theme continues inside with helm seats, which look like they could have been plucked straight from a supercar, and a start/stop button integrated into the bridge console. Even the 63ft length is a tribute to the supercar builder’s foundation in 1963.
Despite Lamborghini’s previous history of supplying marinised versions of its legendary 6.0-litre V12 engines to offshore powerboat
racing teams during the 80s and 90s, power comes from two of MAN’S latest twin 2,000hp V12 diesels. Linked to surface-drives in order to minimise drag at planing speeds, they should deliver a top whack of around 60 knots and an appropriately ostentatious rooster-tail to match those killer looks.
Extensive use of carbon fibre ensures the 63 will displace just 24 tonnes unloaded, even if that is 16 times more the kerb weight of the latest Lamborghini supercar! Prices for the Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 start at around £2.7 million. Hull No 1 is already under construction and on track to launch at the group’s Tecnomar yard in early 2021.
Although this is the first boat which Lamborghini has put its name to, it is by no means the only car company to have tried its luck in the marine market. Aston Martin co-launched the AM37 with Quintessence Yachts in 2016, Mercedes helped develop the the 460 Grantourismo for Silver Arrows Marine in the same year and Lexus has recently done a deal with the Marquis-larson Group to build the Lexus LY650 flybridge cruiser.
The Italian Sea Group already builds boats under its own brand names, including the Tecnomar Evo 55 and Tecnomar Evo 120 RPH, as well as the Admiral range of custombuilt displacement superyachts.