Volvo Penta has reached the vaunted 1,000 hp category with its new marine leisure diesel engine: the D13-1000 inboard and D13-IPS1350, mated with Volvo Penta’s pod drive. The D13-IPS1350 is so named ...

Volvo Penta today introduced the first two models of its next-generation sterndrive marine gasoline engines. The new 4.3-liter catalyzed V6 engines, rated at 200 and 240 horsepower, will supplement ...

Volvo Penta’s name and marine-engine history date back more than 100 years to the B1, the first engine produced by Sköfde Gjuteri in 1907. The single-cylinder paraffin (kerosene) engine was given the ...

The newest New York Police Department (NYPD) response boat currently under construction will be powered by Volvo Penta diesel inboard engines from Pacific Power Group, a first for the NYPD fleet. The ...

Volvo Penta’s single-engine joystick is now available to even more boaters. Courtesy Volvo Penta Volvo Penta is expanding its award-winning Electronic Vessel Control (EVC) features with the launch of ...

Penta, the maritime subsidiary of Volvo, has announced the commercial arrival of its autonomous boat docking system. Integrated Assisted Docking (AD) is designed to handle the complicated mess of ...

Boating honors marine propulsion manufacturers that produce great innovations with the Marine Power Innovation awards. Boating’s MPI Awards honor those manufacturers of marine propulsion products that ...

Asisted Docking is an impressive system that makes boat handling easier. Courtesy Volvo Penta Everyone wishes they could dock like a pro, but we all need a little help sometimes. With that has come ...

February 26, 2006 Old school thinking has a distinct ring to it. “If it aint broke, don’t fix it” and “It’s always been done that way for a very good reason” are the catchcries of an era ...

Several years ago, at the Volvo Ocean Race in Gothenburg, Sweden, I watched as a 65-foot motoryacht backed into a slip between two multi-million dollar raceboats. That would normally not be a big deal ...