Press Releases

Volvo Penta is honored to receive its eighth consecutive National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) CSI Award for Excellence in Customer Satisfaction for the 2011 program year.

On July 27, 2011, Volvo Penta delivered North America’s 4,000th Inboard Performance System (IPS) engine package. The unit was delivered to KCS International for inclusion in its new 48 Cantius cruiser.

Volvo Penta's Penta Gone fishing team captured top honors in the 22nd annual Alice Kelly Memorial Marlin Tournament, held here on August 14.

Volvo Penta IPS, by far the most successful pod system for planing hulls, will now also be available for trawler yachts and other semi-planing boats. Volvo Penta has further developed six diesel models to handle boats with top speeds between 20 and 30 knots.

Volvo Penta invented the high-performance diesel sterndrive in 1977 and has been the undisputed market leader in this constantly expanding segment ever since. The latest addition confirms this position: a 400 hp version of the D6 engine, matched with a refined DPH Duoprop drive – the world’s most powerful diesel sterndrive.

With the formal launch of the new 4.3Gi, 200 hp entry level V6 engine, Volvo Penta completed the innovative transition to the New Generation • New Technology gasoline sterndrive line-up it started one year ago.

Volvo Penta announced today that it has begun final field testing on its newest Tier 4 interim product, the 16L, 625kW generator engine, model TWD1663GE.

AB Volvo Penta and Garmin Ltd. have entered into a joint development and marketing strategic alliance to provide instrumentation, navigation and communication equipment for marine use.

AB Volvo Penta and Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. have decided to set up joint working groups to evaluate the potential for deeper collaboration between the companies.

Volvo Penta has noticed some off-shore companies marketing an after-market microprocessor chip to put on Volvo Penta engines to boost horsepower. These chips actually increase the amount of fuel pushing through the engines over and above Volvo Penta design and specifications.