- Lexus is expanding LY 680 yacht sales beyond Japan.
- The 68-foot vessel sleeps six and can carry 15.
- It will appear in Fort Lauderdale next month.
Lexus has another flagship headed overseas, but you’ll need a marina rather than a garage to keep it. The 68-foot LY 680 luxury yacht is expanding beyond Japan after making its debut earlier this year. It has room for 15 people with a swim platform that’s large enough to make most trucks feel rather small, and it’s powered by twin Volvo Penta engines. Lexus will show it in Florida next month, though the brand has left one detail out of its announcement… the price. Of course, if you have to ask.
The LY 680 was announced in 2024 as an evolution of the LY 650, Lexus’ first production yacht. Orders initially opened only in Japan, where deliveries were planned for spring 2026. Now Lexus says overseas sales are beginning, with a public appearance scheduled for the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show from October 28 through November 1. That said, the company hasn’t named the overseas markets or given a delivery timetable.
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The biggest changes from the LY 650 are where guests will notice them. Lexus stretched the upper flybridge by about 4.6 feet (1,400 mm), making space for a lounge sofa and barbecue grill. The rear swimming platform grew by roughly 2.3 feet (700 mm), offering more room to get into the water or use a personal watercraft. Overall, the yacht measures 67.7 feet (20.63 m) long and 18.9 feet (5.76 m) wide.
Below deck, three cabins can accommodate six overnight guests. Lexus lists capacity at 15 people in total, along with a 1,060-gallon (4,012-liter) fuel tank and a 225-gallon (852-liter) freshwater tank. Power comes from a pair of Volvo Penta IPS 1350/1050 units. To be clear, those are two different engine options. The 1050s make 800 hp (588 kW) per engine, for 1,600 hp combined. The 1350s ratchet that up to 1000 hp (735 kW) per engine for a total of 2,000 hp combined.
Lexus describes the resulting ride as quiet and comfortable, although its latest announcement gives no cruising speed, range, or fuel-consumption figure. For a boat that’s been publicly shown off for two years, that feels a bit odd.
The yacht is built by Taiwan’s Horizon Group, with Lexus handling its design and the experience on board. Lexus says the project also draws on production methods adapted from the Toyota Production System. That’s an interesting meeting of carmaker and yacht builder, even if no amount of manufacturing efficiency is likely to make owning a 68-foot boat economical. For now, prospective buyers in the U.S. have a date and place to see the LY 680, but Lexus still needs to tell when and where they can order one and how much they’ll have to spend.
