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Basic parts of an outboard motor. An outboard motor is a propulsion system for boats, consisting of a self-contained unit that includes engine, gearbox and propeller or jet drive, designed to be affixed to the outside of the transom. They are the most common motorised method of propelling small watercraft.
General Marine was looking for investment partners for Century and agreed to use Yamaha outboards. In 1995 Century was purchased by Yamaha, which had purchased Cobia Boats a few months earlier; the new company was called C&C Boats. Yamaha sold Cobia in March 2005 and stated it would concentrate on the "one brand, one vision" concept.
Yamaha started development of the OX66 in 1984 [1] as a design concept for a lightweight and compact Formula Two engine with a wide power band.. At the time of development, both BMW and Honda provided engines for F2 (in the form of the M12/7 inline-four and the RA260E V6 respectively), but Honda's engine yielded superior results despite limited use.
Yamaha recommend that this device be used with the Yamaha VL70m Virtual Acoustic Tone Generator. The WX7 was the first model that Yamaha produced, beginning in 1987. [43] This was followed by the WX11 in 1993, [44] and then the WX5 in 1999—2001. [45] The WX5 was discontinued in October 2017. [46]
In 2015, Yamaha invested US$150 million in Pakistan to set up a plant at Port Qasim, Karachi. [17] [18] Yamaha purchased small engine maker Subaru Industrial Power Products from Subaru in October 2017. Subaru's engines powered lawnmowers, generators and water pumps and have since been rebranded as Yamaha. [citation needed]
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