Lexus unveils the SUPER yacht of the future – but THIS is why you'll never have one

LEXUS, the company best known for its hyper luxury cars, has designed a futuristic super yacht with no intention of ever putting it into production.

Sneak peek at the 2018 Lexus Sport Yacht

The manufacturer unveiled a stunningly modern sports yacht, incorporating the best technology from its Lexus sports cars, on Thursday 12 January.

Inspired by the Lexus RC F Coupe, the yacht has two 5.0 litre V8 engines, meaning it can reach speeds of 50mph.

The look of the yacht is as important as the horse power, and its futuristic appearance is achieved through the use of hand-laid carbon fibre to create the upper deck and outer hull.

Finished in leather with wood and glass detailing, the passenger cabin is tall enough to stand up in.

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For the Lexus Design Centre this project has been very exciting

Yoshihiro Sawa, Lexus

It boasts a six-seater sofa, plus a table and full-on air conditioning.

This sleek finish is complemented by a range of high-tech gadgets.

The on-board systems are controlled by the captain from a touchscreen panel, while a bow-thruster with joystick control helps when docking the vessel. 

There is on-screen GPS navigation, digital charts, surface radar, underwater sonar, lighting plus entertainment systems on board.

In addition, there’s a power-adjustable seat for the captain – and the armrests fold out to become jump seats on either side.

Lexus Design Centre in Japan came up with the hyper-luxury yacht’s design.

The brief was to create an open sport yacht for recreational day sailing, accommodating six to eight people, powered by twin high-performance Lexus V8 engines, with advanced handling and styling.

Two teams were given the brief and their designs were submitted for evaluation in 2015, with only one selected for development.

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The winning concept was worked on throughout 2015, and the finished design was unveiled on Thursday.

However, the Lexus yacht concept will stay just a concept. It is a bespoke, one-off project, and there are no plans to manufacture it to make it available for sale.

So why bother to design it at all? Yoshihiro Sawa, Lexus international vice president, said: “This allowed us to explore how Lexus design language could be applied to a maritime idea. 

“For the Lexus Design Centre this project has been very exciting. The effort is valuable to us as it stirs our creative energies and pushes our imagination to design and lifestyle possibilities outside of the automotive realm we know so well.”

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