In an announcement today, Marquis and Carver Yachts of Pulaski, WI, have unveiled a new concept yacht designed in partnership with the luxury car manufacturer, Lexus. This sleek and speedy 42 foot open sport yacht seeks to carry the luxury and precision of the Lexus brand from the roads to the waves. For this collaborative effort, the makers of the Marquis and Carver yachts teamed up with Toyota Motor Corporation’s Marine department to engineer the prototype concept. CEO and President of Marquis Yachts, Rob Parmentier, says of the partnership, “We are honored and extremely proud that Toyota Marine and Lexus selected Marquis Yachts and our hundreds of boat builders in Pulaski to build this concept boat… The selection of our organization is a recognition of the ability of our employees to build high-quality boats to the impressive standards of a premier automaker like Lexus - a company that has come to symbolize precision execution and quality in the minds of luxury consumers.”
Fans of Marquis Yachts need not only celebrate the prestigious collaboration with Lexus for its recognition of Marquis quality of workmanship, but may also look forward to seeing lessons taken from this build enhance the already impressive yachts that the company produces.
Paul Liss, Marquis' Vice President of Operations and Manufacturing states: “In building the Lexus Sport Yacht concept, we managed and administered a quality program to their exacting standards and expectations: we'll apply what we've learned to all Marquis and Carver Yachts going forward." Liss added, "We worked with extreme tolerance levels to construct this boat: essentially these are aerospace-like tolerances and specifications. I am very proud to be a part of this as is our entire team. This will raise our own quality and construction standards to new levels.”
Hiroshi Morimitsu, Toyota Marine Department General Manager says, “Marquis Yachts’ management and employees immediately took ownership and have invested themselves in this incredible project as if it were theirs, and we felt a kindred spirit and trust in them. We are honored to have worked side-by-side with Marquis on this very expressive and unique project for Lexus.”