Propulsion Breakthrough Launched in London

Volvo Pentas IPS (Inboard Performance System) turns the propellers to face the boats direction of travel, pulling rather than pushing like conventional propellers.

Volvo Penta invoked memories of the 1959 New York Boat Show at the London Boat Show earlier this month, where it unveiled its ''revolutionary'' new IPS (Inboard Propulsion System).

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