The Lamborghini V12 is best known for powering legends like the Miura, Countach and Diablo. But in the 1980s, Lamborghini took its famous twelve-cylinder engine to a very different kind of racing: offshore powerboats. With marine V12s displacing up to 9.3 liters and producing close to 900 horsepower each, twin-engine boats could put more than 1,400 horsepower behind the cockpit. From Ferruccio Lamborghini’s Riva Super Aquarama to championship-winning boats like Spirit of Norway, the Lamborghini marine V12 became one of the most remarkable chapters in the company’s history—an Italian supercar engine built to run flat-out on open water.
