Boats

Mercedes-Benz has dropped the anchor on a new concept—only it isn't meant to storm an autobahn. The Arrow460-Granturismo, which is referred to as the "Silver Arrow of the Seas" and developed by Mercedes-Benz Style, the design consulting division of the German automaker, is a 46-foot...

If 007 needs to hit the water in the next James Bond movie, don’t be surprised if he does so in the new AM37 from Quintessence Yachts. The company recently enlisted the help of the Aston Martin’s new consulting business to develop a yacht inspired by the historic British sports car...

Now that he’s no longer trying to start his own automaker, Henrik Fisker is back doing what he does best: designing things. Recently, he’s been designing coachbuilt cars for the likes of Galpin and VLF. Now it’s been revealed Fisker has designed a luxury yacht for Italy’s...

Toyota is a powerhouse in the auto industry but its manufacturing capabilities stretch well beyond cars. Toyota also has a nautical department that has been building a range of boats for several years, mainly aluminum-hulled models equipped with engines borrowed from some of the firm’s cars...

Florida’s Cigarette Racing, manufacturer of some of the world’s fastest boats, has revealed a new racing boat inspired by the Mercedes-AMG GT3 race car. This is the sixth-consecutive year of the partnership between Cigarette Racing and Mercedes-AMG, and the duo’s latest creation...

If you're a Mercedes-Benz fan, you'd be forgiven for thinking that if an AMG product winds up in the drink, something has gone terribly wrong. But the three-pointed star's tuning wing has a history of working with uber-boat manufacturer Cigarette Racing, and over the years the partnership has...

If there's one thing more satisfying than a Rolls-Royce car, it's a Rolls-Royce engine. A Merlin engine, specifically, of the sort that once powered Spitfires, Hawker Hurricanes and all manner of other fighter aircraft and bombers during the second World War. ALSO SEE: 2015 Audi A7 And S7 Preview...

Florida’s Cigarette Racing is back with a new speed boat concept inspired by a Mercedes-Benz model, in this case the stunning AMG Vision Gran Turismo supercar concept unveiled last year. The boat is called the Cigarette Racing 50' Vision concept and it is being shown for the first time at the...

To help celebrate the 75th running of the largest inter-collegiate regatta in North America, the 2013 Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, MINI is taking to the water itself but not with its own rowing team. Instead, MINI has unveiled a seafaring version of its Cooper Convertible, which comes...

Everyone knows electricity and water don’t mix, but with the latest creation from Cigarette Racing, a world renowned manufacturer of powered boats based in Miami-Dade County, Florida, nothing could be further from the truth. At the Miami International Boat Show this week, Cigarette Racing...

Those familiar with the Mercedes-Benz three-pointed-star logo will know that the points of the star represent excellence on land, sea and air. Mercedes-Benz has long been dominant on land, and the brand was known for its aircraft engines in the early part of the 20th century. Gottlieb Daimler once...

Cigarette Racing's custom AMG 46' Rider would be pretty awesome in its own right even if it weren't inspired by the SLS AMG. Twin-turbo 552 cubic-inch Mercury racing engines cranking out 1,350 horsepower each have a tendency to imbue awesome on things. The knife-edge boat is capable of over 130 mph...

That's right - shell out £17million (almost $24.5 million) and you can glide into the sunset in this beautiful, luxurious, 122-ft super-yacht. As an incentive, Strand Craft is offering an equally extravagant supercar to go with your new vessel. If you have the cash, and like the idea of...

The newest creation from AMG is not for the road, but it'll rip up the open water.

Inspired by the 2010 SLS AMG, and by smoking: it's hard to describe how jet-set the latest Cigarette racing boat will seem, once it hits the water next February. Missing only Cary Grant and Grace Kelly as jewel thieves, the latest custom Cigarette Racing boat takes a turn at the waves on February...

This oddly designed catamaran is the creation of Swedish design and engineering firm Vizualtech, which was contacted by a customer from Dubai who was seeking a new design for a race boat. Starting with an R8 as its inspiration, Vizualtech set about creating what it is now named the Biocat R8 racing...

A Granturismo boat powered by a Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] F430 V8 engine has established two new world water speed records on Lake Como in Italy. At the helm was Eugenio Molinari, who navigated the boat in two separate categories, managing the fastest average speeds for the running kilometer both times...