MAN Engines delivers its first MAN V12-2000 engine to AB Yachts, an Italian shipyard based in Viareggio in Tuscany.
The MAN V12-2000 is currently the most powerful engine in the MAN Engines portfolio and was only debuted last year at the Cannes Yachting Festival. AB Yachts, which by its own claim is the world's leading supplier of gliders with water jet propulsion, will install this yacht engine in its AB 100 model in a three-engine system with ZF transmissions and MJP water jets. The total power of the system is thus 6,000 hp (4,412 kW) and accelerates the 100-foot luxury yacht to a top speed of 55 knots (equivalent to 102 km/h). The buyer of this AB 100 is a European businessman who will use the yacht with the three MAN V12-2000s in the Mediterranean. The delivery is planned for May 2019.
