Tornado presents it's new World wide web showroom. Tornado is officially founded in 1977, by Carlo Marchiolo who enters boating as a racer in 1968, as he builds his 35 feet powerboat inspired to the USA made Cigarette's design for racing. This boat will give Marchiolo success to a Class 3 title just a few months later in 1969, and is followed with more Tornado wins in the seventies, of which the most significant is the Wills Trophy with Italian driver Vincenzo Balestrieri at the helm. Following the success on the racing circuits, Tornado starts to produce boats in 1977 ,first in Trigoria, located in inland Rome, and debuts in that same year with a thirty foot twin outboard powerboat. In 1977 during the Genoa boat show Marchiolo meets with renowned designer Tom Fexas, to whom he commissions six new projects. The Fexas design for Tornado over the years are a 35 for the racing circuits, 36 Hawk, 39 Hawk, Eleven, 44 Express, and the 45. In 1981 Tornado will move to a new premises in Isola Sacra, in the sea-side village and Tiber river surrounded Fiumicino. The nineties are followed by more winning success for Tornado, with famous offshore driver Adrianno Panatta winning the 1991 Venezia Monte Carlo with the 38, and again in 1997 with a 45. In 2007 after competition from various bank institutions, and three months of negotiations Michele Prestipino takes over Tornado. Prestipino era is marked by comfort improvements to the top selling 38 and the launch of the 50, and a 60 project which is never produced. In 2016 Tornado finds a new ownership with Daniele Parisi, a three generations boat builder and founder of the Parisi yard as the new owner. The ownership change continues the Tornado natural evolution of the brand and style and its over four hundred delivered boats. Today's current Tornado line offers five models from 38, to the upcoming 54. Tornado latest model is the T-Rib 48 launched in the fall of 2020. The new Tornado web site is available only in Italian language and takes you around with the following buttons; About Us, Models, Services, Tornado Club, Partners, and Contacts. Tornado is also present in social media with a link at the bottom of the page taking you to its YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Linkedin pages.
Production and ownership History;
35 1985-89
38 1985-2025
44 Express 1991-94
11 1992-2000
2007 Michele Prestipino ownership
45 1995-2012
38 Cruising 2010-15
50 2010-25
2016 Daniele Parisi ownership
T-Rib 48 2020-25
45s 2022-25
50sr 2023-25
2025 SNO Group ownership
T40 2026-
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