Mercedes has when once again joined forces with long-lasting partners Cigarette Racing to style a high performance speedboat. The vessel celebrates half a century of AMG in addition to ten years of the carmaker working together with the watersports specialists as well as is based on the new Mercedes-AMG GT R. It will make its public debut at the Miami worldwide boat Show.
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Dubbed the Marauder AMG, the 50ft boat shares splashes of the exact same eco-friendly hell Magno paintwork that adorns the AMG GT R as well as likewise has a ruthless quest of speed in typical with the flagship performance car. beyond that though, the declared similarities are rather much more dubious.
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Power comes not from a Mercedes unit, however rather from a pair of V8 Mercury Racing engines organized in a double-overhead-cam setup. Each creates as much as 1,550hp for a integrated output of 3,100hp, though for this you requirement to engage the ‘Race Key’ as well as special racing fuel. If, however, you’re only popping out for a leisurely cruise downriver, the ‘Pleasure Key’ as well as 91 octane petrol will decrease the engines to a much more practical 1,350hp.
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Elsewhere, a strict method to weight shedding has yielded almost 600kg of cost savings from the basic vessel, with carbon fibre employed extensively throughout the design, including on the deck, in the cockpit as well as on the consoles as well. even the engine hatch has been built with carbon fibre, utilizing “vacuum infusion technology” to keep the amount of material needed to a minimum.
Understandably the cost of the Marauder AMG hasn’t been made public, with Cigarette Racing simply specifying that the figure is offered at the request of prospective customers. No question it will be astronomical.
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“Performance, perfection as well as enthusiasm are the values that unite Mercedes-AMG as well as Cigarette Racing,” stated Mercedes’ Tobias Moers. “Based on these values, eight sensational special editions have been produced during our successful ten years of collaboration, as well as the 2017 50’ Marauder AMG provided right here is a specific highlight among these.”
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And no wonder. already superbly styled, Cigarette Racing drafted in Daimler AG’s chief style policeman Gorden Wagener to oversee the paint as well as detailing, which includes the specially commissioned logo on the bow of the boat.
They have missed a technique with the name though: why on earth isn’t it called the Mercedes Sea-Class?