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THE MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS FOR GOING OUT TO SEA
In 2012, the big news from Monaco delighted both sports
car connoisseurs and those with a soft spot for exclusive luxury
yachts. German automaker Mercedes-Benz announced unveiling
the design of a new vessel, which would merge marine and
automotive DNA codes with an unequivocal Mercedes-Benz
imprint, and would undoubtedly become as much a symbol of
luxury representing sporty dynamism and elegance, as a Mercedes
S‑class on the road. But at the same time, the authors of the idea
were driven by the ambition to create the world's first motor yacht
that would embody a radically new approach to the functionality
and aesthetics of a luxury yacht. Thus by applying the technologies
of the automotive industry in the construction of the vessel, which
are now more innovative than those in the yacht building industry.
Mercedes-Benz has chosen the Principality of Monaco as
the birthplace of its new legend. Thanks to this project, the new Silver
Arrows Marine shipyard was established here. The best yacht
builders under the leadership of the resident of Monaco, Paolo
Bonaveri, a renowned luxury car brand consultant, have been
working meticulously for a number of years on
the unique concept for the ARROW460-Granturismo.
The designers, Martin Francis from England and Tommaso
Spadolini from Florence, worked with the Mercedes-
Benz team to design a yacht that is elegant, luxurious
and comfortable, as well as bearing an incredible
resemblance to a car. This is the only yacht out there
under the Mercedes-Benz Style label on the stern.
The first model of the 14-metre ARROW460-
Granturismo was first presented to the public at the
Monaco Yacht Show in 2016. The beauty was given
the symbolic name The Silver Arrow of the Seas, in
honour of the Mercedes Silver Arrow racing cars (the
fabled Silver Arrows), which became a revolutionary
breakthrough in the distant 1930s. The designers
gave the new creation recognizable proportions and
features of the automobile Silver Arrows.
The ARROW460 -Granturismo, which has