Daily Slideshow: Lexus Announces Plans to Sell Sport Yacht
Shigeki Tomoyama, executive vice president at Toyota, has announced the company will begin selling a bigger version of the 42-foot Lexus “Sport Yacht Concept” boat. This announcement signals a strong pivot for the company, which just one year ago referred to the concept as a “bespoke one-off project” that would not go on the market. Learn more about this announcement by clicking thru the slideshow.
Tomoyama’s take
“Based on our amazing experiences in engineering, building, testing and showing the Lexus Sport Yacht concept last year, we’ve decided to take the next bold step of producing an all-new larger yacht that builds on the advanced nature of the concept while adding more comfort and living space,” Tomoyama said. “We plan to start sales in the U.S. in the latter half of 2019, with sales in Japan following in the spring of 2020.”
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Fantastic attention to detail
The original boat was engineered by the Toyota Marine Division. A single running proof-of-concept was built in partnership with Marquis-Larson Boat Group of Pulaski, Wisc. It's hull, inner structure, and superstructure of the bespoke open sport cruiser was made of hand-laid carbon fiber fabric and vacuum-infused with two-part polyurethane resin.
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