It's not often you hear about a car that's designed to be at its best when it's all at sea, but here's the most surprising luxury addition for your superyacht: this is the single-seat BAC Mono - The Marine Edition (TME).
Yes, the BAC Mono - that fit-for-purpose, track-day special, weighing just 580kg and powered by a 2.5-litre Mountune four-cylinder engine knocking out 309hp. So why, you're wondering, in the name of all that's holy, has the company designed one especially for a yacht?
Turns out it's not that daft an idea. The design and featherweight of the Mono means it lends itself perfectly to one of those on-board garages most superyachts possess (two could even be carried on board, equating to little more than a tonne of cargo), while BAC's co-founder, Ian Briggs (remember, BAC stands for Briggs Automotive Company), started his career in yacht design.
Thus, TME comes with a carbon fibre crane arm, allowing the Mono to be hoisted onto a yacht (and the arm can be universally used with all yacht crane systems), and there are custom chassis lifting points for superyacht cradles and mounting to helipads.
Its chassis has also been doused in an anti-corrosive coating to protect it from salty spray and BAC will supply the Mono TME in an Environmental Control Container System to further protect it from its harsh environment.
BAC allows for full customisation of the Mono inside and out, and TME is a bespoke, build-to-order car, of which the Liverpool-based company can build four examples per month. As is wholly befitting of something destined for the world of the super-rich, the Mono TME is not inexpensive. It's actually four times the cost of a 'basic', £125,000 (c.€173,000) Mono, meaning it'll cost superyacht owners half a million quid (€693,000) to acquire one.
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Ian Briggs said: "I started my career designing luxury yachts and I have wanted to combine my love of marine and automotive design ever since. The Marine Edition Mono represents purpose and style for a clientele that knows no compromise."
Andrew Whitney, director of Strategy & Corporate Development at BAC, added: "Today's superyachts are paragons of exquisite taste, exceptional design and are the ultimate experience possible. It is only fitting that owners should be able to extend that experience beyond the vessel upon arrival."