Motor Boat & Yachting

AXOPAR 22

When Axopar launched the 22 at a virtual event towards the end of last year there was a particular line that stood out. The team admitted that of the four Axopar models to date the 22 was the most challenging to design. It was, they explained, less taxing to spring the 37 off the back of the 28 where they had more space to play with and a higher price point to build to. The difficulty with the entrylevel 22 was costs had to be kept under strict control but they were trying to fit high levels of functionality into a very small blueprint. Not only that, Axopar has a reputation to uphold that was set by the awardwinning larger models so customers expect a certain level of quality, attention to detail, performance and competence at sea.

The final piece of this challenging jigsaw was production, which will have to be high volume and rigorously precise to ensure

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