The figures of the Genoa Boat Show 2019

GM Marine 6.6L © Diesel International

Wet seemed to be the destiny of the opening day of the 59th Genoa Boat Show, along with what happened in Cannes the week before.

The sun and a hint of wind, on the other hand, blessed the opening of the Boat Show during the morning, with 986 exhibitors and a thousand boats displaying renaissance numbers and a layout of the booths which was finally the right one for such an event.

The 2019 edition opens with an economic picture of the pleasure boating industry that, for the current year, confirms the health of the sector. Italy, in fact, closes 2018 with growth for the fourth consecutive year with a pre-consumption figure that indicates a growth of 9.5% on the basis of the forecasts for the closure of the 2018 financial statements and estimates of growth in turnover for 2019. According to a survey by the UCINA (the Italian Marine Industry Association) Studies Office, 63% of companies declare, on the basis of their 2019 order book, a growth in turnover.

Let's move on to the engines. What's new? Certainly the appearance of a name that needs no caption: GM Marine. The industrial engines brench of the passenger cars American giant, at its first exhibition in Europe, showed a trio. Genoa, moreover, is very close to Turin, where the worldwide R&D centre for GM diesel is headquartered. These are bare engines, ready for marinazation: 2.8, 3 and 6.6 litres. At the stand also the Electronic control unit for boating under the name D-MEFI.

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