Were any of you aware that Volvo is now making a Saltwater outboard? It is actually the LS engine block with a supercharger under the case. They were all over the Ft Lauderdale boat show this last year.
That was mentioned earlier. That was a company called 7Marine that Volvo apparently just bought out. Beautiful, gigantic, powerful engines. I didn't know Volvo had bought them until this thread.
Been kind of watching 7 Marine since they used the Caddy version, 557 horsepower, then they went with the Corvette 627, then Volvo bought them out. That needed to happen for sure, they're hyper-expensive, made in Wisconsin I think, and they need that Volvo-Penta r&d and QC money behind them.
It's Volvo-Penta which is still the viking Volvo, not the Great Wall Volvo (the cars).
Made in Lexington, TN, China, and Sweden wikipedia says. volvo penta
It was some rich kid (late 30s) with an RE developer dad, his dad was all proud of him for starting a company, one would assume the guy spent his youth with bikin-clad babes in Florida running out to the Gulf Stream bill-fishing.
High up on the list of Things I'll Never Own is a Hatteras GT70. Makes me diamonds.
I don't even own a boat. I'd be happy with an inner-tube with a chair on it and 4 caddies for drinks and poles.
