Vector Martini Racing Announces Partnership With Jaguar
Heritage Of Vector Martini :
Vector Martini With Jaguar: Vector has a long heritage in the design and manufacturing of the world’s most iconic powerboats. Each boat has professional racing DNA, developed for competition and enhanced to meet the demands of the retail market.
Established in 1984 by the Jardine family, Campion Marine grew to become Canada’s largest boat manufacturer in the 1990s. At its peak, Campion employed over 250 people and manufactured in excess of 1,400 boats a year for the mid-range market.
In 2005, Rex Jardine formed Vector Powerboats Inc. and with world-leading powerboat designer Ocke Mannerfelt, developed the unique 28R powerboat for the domestic and international retail markets.
This V28R is a direct descendant of the infamous B28 which was launched by Campion Marine in the USA in 1994. The B28 was the first powerboat to utilise a stepped hull design and went on to win the prestigious Popular Mechanics Design and Engineering Award in 1995.
Racing version soon followed and in 1996 the B28s won the 4.0-litre UIM World Offshore Racing Championship. Since that time, progressive B-designs have won a further 12 World Championships. The B28 became an icon for efficiency and performance and was banned for five years from competitive APBA offshore racing, as no other manufacturer could compete with its speed and performance. The B28 design is now protected by US patent.
In January 2010, Vector World and its subsidiaries, Vector Marine and Vector Offshore Racing, were formed and the range was again extended to meet the growing demand for bespoke performance craft in developing markets. Vector World now has offices in Canada, Qatar, Malaysia, China and the UK.
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Vector Racing, winners of the 2014 and 2015 Cowes Torquay Cowes races have officially announced today that they will partner with Jaguar Cars for the 2018 season.
The team will be known as Jaguar Vector Racing and will attempt to break 12 speed and endurance UIM World Records as well as competing in the recently announced 2018 Offshore Championship in Britain next year.
Jaguar returned to motorsport in October 2016, becoming the first premium manufacturer to join the all-electric FIA Formula E street-racing series.
Using the technology and information accrued from Formula E, Jaguar and Vector will also work together on a series of innovative electric water World Record attempts.
Mal Crease, CEO of Vector, said:
The Vector team is very proud to be aligning with a great British brand like Jaguar, and to be joining such a technically pioneering partnership which will push the boundaries of performance and technical excellence.
Mark Cameron, Director of Experiential Marketing, Jaguar Land Rover, said:
Jaguar is a performance brand and Vector are the epitome of power and performance on the water.
We have some very exciting plans for Jaguar Racing especially as we move towards an electric future as we continue our mission ‘Race to Innovate’.