Mercedes-AMG and Florida-based boat Cigarette Racing have unveiled the product of their 13th collaboration. Light, long, and orange, the Nighthawk AMG Black Series is inspired by the GT Black Series.
The car and boat industries rarely meet, and they often collide into something incongruous when they do, but the partnership between AMG and Cigarette Racing makes more sense than it might seem. In a way, Cigarette Racing builds the water-going equivalent of its German partner’s sports cars. Its boats are quick, high-tech, luxurious, and correspondingly expensive. The 41-foot-long Nighthawk AMG Black Series is not an exception to this rule.
It features a twin-step hull for better on-water performance, according to the manufacturer, and it offers passengers a deck and a hard top made out of carbon fiber to keep weight in check. Better yet, it’s powered by a quintet of supercharged, 4.6-liter V8 engines that take up most of the rear end. Built by Mercury Racing, the 40-cylinder outboard armada delivers 2,250 horsepower, and controlling the cavalry requires operating only two levers.
