The Lamborghini Marine V12 The first known use of a Lamborghini V12 engine in a boat was in 1969 when Ferruccio Lamborghini, the company's founder, equipped his Riva Aquarama with two V12s. This luxurious Italian powerboat was a common sight on Lake Como. It wasn’t until over a decade later, in the 1980s, that Lamborghini developed official marine versions of their V12 engines. This advancement was driven by the Swiss brothers Jean-Claude and Patrick Mimran, who took over Lamborghini in 1980 to