Volvo Penta and Bavaria sign 4-year engine deal
Jufors:highly competitive
Volvo Penta has signed an agreement with German boatbuilder Bavaria to deliver diesel and gasoline engines during the next four years.
Production, centred on Bavari's Giebelstadt plant, includes motorboats and sailboats ranging from 25 to 49 feet.
"We have had a high rate of product renewal in recent years and the agreement signed with Bavaria is further confirmation that our products are highly competitive, " said Staffan Jufors, Volvo Penta's president.
Despite total volumes within the leisure craft industry having decreased in recent years, he added, we have successfully increased our sales.
Baviaria is now purchasing diesel and gasoline engines ranging in output from around 20 to 300hp, representing virtually the whole of Volvo Penta's light and mediumheavy engine range.
On the sailboat side, the deliveries will consist of Volvo Penta's "Compact Collection", including the D2-55, which Volvo Penta has used to capture an increasing share of the sailboat market.
In the motorboat segment, deliveries include Volvo Penta's three and 4-litre diesel engines produced in Vara, Sweden.
Included in the deal is the KAD300, which was well received in the market for leisure craft in the 24 to 42-foot class. Volvo Penta says its sales of KAD300 in 2002 were about "four times greater than the projected volume".
Most of the Bavaria deal is for diesel engines, with the balance taken by Volvo Penta's USproduced 4- to 8-litre gasoline engines with outputs ranging from around 200 to 400 hp.
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