Top Racecar companies and their speedboats!!

RACING CARS SPEEDBOATS

BUGATTI NINIETTE 66

  

Back in 1930, Bugatti built a speedboat, the Niniette, which was named after a family pet. This latest Niniette, inspired by the Bugatti Chiron and built by Palmer Johnson, is probably a little more elaborate. 

With a carbon-composite deck and hull, it does 44 knots. It's a statement to the hyperbolic nature of Bugatti’s that this massive vessel doesn't have too much more horsepower than a Chiron: twin 1000-hp MAN diesel V-8s surpass the car's power figure, but only match its cylinder count. Inside the Niniette's cabin, the Bugatti theme is taken quite literally: The front wall of the master suite is shaped like a horseshoe grille, and the bed frame is carbon fibre.

 If you have a Chiron, you really should have one of these, too. 

1990 RIVA FERRARI

We're not sure if the 1990 Riva Ferrari 32 is as elegant as either a Riva or a Ferrari, but you can't deny its cred. This project was commissioned by none other than Enzo Ferrari himself, who partnered with Riva chairman Gino Gervasoni to create this prancing seahorse. 

The Riva Ferrari 32 was powered by twin 8.0-liter BPM Vulcano V-8 engines, good for 390 horsepower apiece. It had a top speed of 62 mph, so the towering carbon-fibre wing probably didn't serve any aerodynamic function, unless it somehow kept your cocaine from blowing off the dash. Strakes along the flanks evoke the Testarossa of the day, and the gel coat was obviously Rosso Corsa, which is to say, red. These boats sometimes come up for sale. At the 2018 RM Sotheby's auction in Arizona, a Riva Ferrari 32 sold for $69,000. Which, these days, might get you an F355. But that only has one engine.

MTI Lamborghini Boat

Lamborghini didn't really have anything to do with this, but one guy in Miami loved his Aventador enough to spec out a boat to match. The 52-foot MTI catamaran is powered by two Mercury Racing 9.0-liter twin-turbo DOHC V-8s that crank out 1350 horsepower apiece, making it one of the few automotive-branded boats that's nearly as fast as its wheeled counterpart—the boat's top speed is north of 180 mph. 

The Verde Singh (read: acid green) paint matches a 2016 Aventador, and the interior is done up like a, well, huge Aventador. There's a Lambo steering wheel, that boomerang-looking seat motif, and even Aventador headlights up front, which don't look as weird on a boat as you'd think.

MERCEDES SILVER ARROWS MARINE ARROW 460 GRANTURISMO

The Cigarette AMG boats are faster, but Mercedes's yacht has a certain supervillain presence that you just don't get in a centre console or a go-fast. At 46 feet long and packing 960 horsepower, the Arrow 460 aims to bring the private-jet aesthetic to the water. The side windows are retractable—just like on an E-class coupe—and the glass also has variable tint courtesy of Mercedes's Magic Sky Control technology. 

The windshield up front can be raised, too, giving your passengers a nice view of the approach to your bigger yacht. (This would make a great tender at Monaco) The sleek interior design, with lots of pale wood, evokes contemporary Benz interiors—except there's room for a few more passengers in this one.

LEXUS LY 650

Toyota is probably more involved in the marine business than any automotive company besides General Motors, which provides plenty of engines but doesn't build a whole boat. Toyota does just that in Japan, via its Toyota Marine division's Ponam boats, which use Toyota diesels in both fiberglass and aluminium hulls. In the late 90s and early 2000s, Toyota built Epic ski boats powered by the 4.0-liter 1UZ-FE Lexus V-8. In 2017, it unveiled a concept yacht powered by two RC-F engines. The latest Lexus vessel is the LY 650, a production boat that eschews Lexus power for the simple reason that it's too huge to use car engines.

 With three bedrooms and three bathrooms onboard this behemoth, you'd probably want the most powerful Volvo-Penta IPS propulsion option—up to 1350 horsepower each. Both interior and exterior have a distinct Lexus-writ-large design motif, like a Brobdingnagian LC500. And yes, there's a Mark Levinson sound system.

MERCEDES CIGARETTE RACING TIRRANNA 59 AMG EDITION

The partnership between AMG and Cigarette is by far the most prolific in the realm of land-sea co-branding exercises. The two companies have teamed up to create 12 boat models since 2007, and each boat is paired with a particular car. The latest (and largest) project is the Tirranna 59 AMG Edition, a leviathan centre console powered by six supercharged Mercury Racing V-8 outboards—450 horsepower each, for a total of 2700 horsepower. 

That's enough to run the 40,000-pound Tirranna past 80 mph. Should those stats prompt you to tell your money manager in Grand Cayman to prep for a withdrawal, you'll also want to plan on getting the matching Mercedes-AMG, in this case, a G63. The boat is fast, but the G-wagen does 149 mph.

ASTON MARTIN AM37

Built by Quintessence Yachts and powered by Mercury, the AM37 was introduced at the 2016 Monaco yacht show. The standard propulsion package was either twin 370-hp diesels or 430-hp gas engines, either of which was good for a 45-knot top speed. There was also an S model that bumped top speed to 50 knots via a pair of 520-hp V-8s. Set up as a day boat, the AM37 could handle flex overnight duty with an onboard fridge, microwave, coffee machine, and bathroom. 

The rear cockpit seating could accommodate eight people, which is four Vantages' worth. The AM37's steering wheel features an Aston logo and looks like it could've come out of a car, but it's specific to the boat. For instance: that leather on the steering wheel is marine grade. Oh, and the AM37 is a convertible. A power carbon-fibre Bimini top stores under the engine hatch.

JAGUAR CONCEPT SPEEDBOAT

You know how concept cars are oftentimes fever dreams with no hope of making it to production? Sadly, that was the case with Jaguar's concept boat from 2012, a point that Jag underscored by stating, “The Concept Speedboat by Jaguar Cars is a design project that was commissioned to support the launch of the XF Sport brake. The company has no plans to build or commercialize a boat of any kind.” Go ahead and dash our dreams, Jaguar. 

The boat was 20 feet long with a carbon-fibre nacelle behind the driver that cribbed from the D-type. There was no engine, so let's use our imagination. How about the 575-hp supercharged V-8 out of the F-type? Yes, that would do nicely out on the loch. Fun side note: There is an unrelated company called Jaguar Marine, whose founder once raced a boat with Vince Neil from Motley Cure.

PORCHE DESIGN GROUP FEARLESS 28

Porsche and Fearless built 21 of these single-engine, five-passenger sport boats. The first boats, built in 2008, were supposed to use a seaworthy Dodge Viper V-10, but it seems like every boat that actually got built used a Mercury Racing V-8 with either 525 or 600 horsepower. 

Either way, top speed was around 80 mph. The styling was inspired by the Carrera GT, but with a listed displacement of 6000 pounds, you might be able to trailer this with a Cayenne. Want one? Here's one for sale in Miami.

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