Lat year we had featured the revolutionary two stroke powered Samba that made it to the news. We contacted the company, Silveira Group to find more about it but at the moment (May 2009) there was no model available for test ride. We sea the company at the World Finals too but neither at that time there a unit available for testing, only for display. Now, you are looking at the first exclusive images of what we expect to become the Personal Water Craft V 3.0 it's the brand new Green Samba. It has the same straight line 65 mph performance of the fastest 260 bhp sit-down PWCs, combined with handling and agility far beyond those of a stand-up PWC. The biggest benefit though, is that the Green Samba uses twin direct drive electric propulsion pods (unit pictured bottom left), so it doesn't directly deliver any hydrocarbons, CO2 or NO2 into delicate marine environments. Equally as important as the lack of noxious gases, the Green Samba is also completely silent, removing one of the greatest causes for complaint against PWCs and no doubt offering respite for those creatures with extremely delicate hearing which live on and under the water. A working prototype of the carbon fiber construction Green Samba will most probably be already on the water for testing purposes. The point is will ever see it coming in to the market and how much will it cost?
