New, from Race Division... The 3.0 Litre Mercury Racing OptiMax V-6 Diesel outboard, rated at 175 horsepower, at the propshaft. This will eventually replace the existing 3.0 Litre Optimax JP model, that has been available & in use since the 90's. The Optimax JP currently burns JP5, JP8 or Kerosene Jet A fuel(s), which has a 40% fuel burn reduction over standard Ethanol gasoline, utilizing about 95% of the standard 3.0 Litre OptiMax engines existing build components. This new Diesel variants market, will open a whole new realm of performance possibilities for the avid fisherman. In the past, Mercury's largest sales sector with these engines, has been mostly U.S. & overseas governments.