We have always wanted to take all the things we know and love about sportscar into the water. Many have tried to turn cars into amphibious creations, but they never seem to go as fast as they do in the designer’s imagination. We definitely need a new approach!
How about this one: the Voyage speedboat, which takes the proportions and shapes of a pucker Aston and places them within the 55-foot long frame of a this watercraft. This is the work of naval architect and Aston Martin owner Luiz de Basto, who has created several Magnum yachts.
The name follows the automaker’s tradition of naming their cars with an initial V. Not only that, but the lines convey those on the Vantage, Rapide, DBS and Virage. There’s plenty for car lovers to enjoy here: the grille has been recreated in the shape of the windshield, there are side vent shaped hull portals on the side and the back is almost identical to that on its road-going counterparts.
"With the idea of not merely making a transposition of a car into a boat, like so many other boat designs that pay tribute to famous car manufacturers, the biggest challenge was exactly that, how to best feature the classic Aston Martin icon, the radiator grille. Determined to maintain the signature element of the brand and constrained by the fact that boats don't have radiators by definition, the shape needed to be incorporated somehow. After several sketches it became obvious that the only solution was to shape the windshield like the radiator, so the well known iconic shape has been harmoniously incorporated as a windshield," the designer says.
The name follows the automaker’s tradition of naming their cars with an initial V. Not only that, but the lines convey those on the Vantage, Rapide, DBS and Virage. There’s plenty for car lovers to enjoy here: the grille has been recreated in the shape of the windshield, there are side vent shaped hull portals on the side and the back is almost identical to that on its road-going counterparts.
"With the idea of not merely making a transposition of a car into a boat, like so many other boat designs that pay tribute to famous car manufacturers, the biggest challenge was exactly that, how to best feature the classic Aston Martin icon, the radiator grille. Determined to maintain the signature element of the brand and constrained by the fact that boats don't have radiators by definition, the shape needed to be incorporated somehow. After several sketches it became obvious that the only solution was to shape the windshield like the radiator, so the well known iconic shape has been harmoniously incorporated as a windshield," the designer says.
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