Suzuki Joins The Big League

The engine builder launches 350hp outboard with dual propellers

Suzuki has unveiled its most powerful outboard ever – a 350hp V6 4-stroke with some very unique features. Only two other mainstream engine manufacturers, Mercury and Yamaha, can match this power output and neither of them can offer the Suzuki’s dual-prop setup.

In fact, everything about this new engine has been designed to offer a different boating experience to its key rivals. That starts with the way it has gone about creating the extra grunt; rather than relying on a supercharger (Mercury) or a larger-capacity engine block (Yamaha), it has taken the altogether trickier route of squeezing more power out of its existing 4.4-litre naturally aspirated V6. The payoff is a light, compact engine with plenty of power, rapid throttle response and low fuel consumption