Azimut 62 Flybridge Buyer's Guide and Price Review

Azimut's bestseller of the 2000s

The Azimut 62 is the boat that carried the yard through its busiest decade. Power & Motoryacht put production at some 200 hulls in nine years, YachtBuyer counts about 190, and when the 66 arrived in 2016 the magazine noted that the 62 and its successor, the 64, had together sold some 300 units since 2002. That volume is good news for a buyer today: there are always several on the market, parts and known issues are well documented, and surveyors on both sides of the Atlantic have seen plenty of them.

Two versions exist. The original Azimut 62 was tested as a prototype in 2003 and evolved through the middle of the decade, switching from MTU to Caterpillar power. The 62 Evolution, which YachtBuyer dates from 2007 to 2011, brought new hull windows and refinements inside. Do not confuse either with the 62S sport yacht, which is a hardtop express, or with the Fly 62 that Azimut launched in 2024 on Volvo IPS pods.

Shark fins, Bannenberg windows and a tall radar arch

Power & Motoryacht's tester said the 62 stopped him dead in his tracks on the quay at Santa Margherita Ligure, and called it a trendsetting super-styler. Stefano Righini gave it shark-fin windows in the superstructure, Bannenberg-style oval windows in the hull and a set of vestigial fins trailing off the arch, boat deck and stern. Motor Boat & Yachting, which titled its review Style warrior, noted that the 62 shares these cues with the Azimut 55.

The styling is not all show. The radar arch is tall and upright, so the scanner sees over the flybridge and people on deck are kept clear of it, and the tender can be craned over the side from chocks at the aft end of the flybridge. A hinged centerline passerelle doubles as a PWC crane, and a cockpit safety panel puts electrical isolators, an emergency stop and engine room fire and intake controls behind one door.

A lower deck built around a landing

Power & Motoryacht praised the way Azimut arranged the cabins around a landing at the foot of the companionway rather than lining them up nose to tail. From that lobby you see forward into the VIP, across to the twin cabin and down three steps aft to the owner's suite. The full-beam master has a diagonal berth and a large en suite with separate shower and walk-in closet along the forward engine room bulkhead, which keeps generator noise to a whisper at night.

Motor Boat & Yachting noted that the 62's extra volume over the 55 allows a third bathroom en suite to the twin cabin, which also serves day guests. On the main deck the saloon, dinette, galley and centerline lower helm form one open living area. The galley sits forward to port, a little below the saloon floor, with an elliptical bar unit that holds the sinks on one side and storage on the other, facing the dinette.

Interior finishes on early boats are American cherry, Ultraleather and burl, with enameled glass countertops in the heads. They have dated, but Galeazzi's joinery was precise, cut on computer-controlled machinery at Azimut's then-new Avigliana plant, and it tends to hold together well.

• Master aft with diagonal berth, en suite and walk-in closet
• VIP forward with its own head
• Twin cabin with a head that doubles as the day head
• Optional crew cabin aft of the engine room

MTU or Caterpillar, the two eras of power

The early 62s ran twin 900 hp MTU 8V2000 V8s with sequential turbocharging. Power & Motoryacht's 2003 test of a European prototype averaged 37.4 mph, about 32.5 knots, at the top. Motor Boat & Yachting saw 31 knots with cruising in the mid to upper 20s and was critical of the acceleration: from 1,000 rpm to the 2,300 rpm rating took 23.5 seconds, with a small hesitation at 1,750 rpm when the second turbo cut in and engine mapping that limited the rise in revs above 1,400 rpm. It predicted that the single engine choice would cost Azimut some sales to boats with Caterpillars.

Azimut seems to have agreed. Later 62s and the 62 Evolution carry twin Caterpillar C18s, quoted at 1,015 hp in most listings, and YachtBuyer gives 33 knots top and a 30-knot cruise for these boats. A 2007 Evolution sold through Worth Avenue Yachts in 2024 advertised the same 33-knot top and 30-knot cruise. For most US buyers a Caterpillar boat is the better bet, both for performance and for the size of the Cat dealer network.

Fuel capacity is a point to confirm. The 2003 Power & Motoryacht test sheet lists 898 gallons, while YachtBuyer gives 988 gallons; check the tank labels and survey report on the boat in front of you.

Ride, handling and the rudder debate

In a Force 5 with confused seas, Motor Boat & Yachting found the 62 rode well, if not quite as softly as the latest Fairline and Princess hulls with their finer entries. Where it fell short was in quick maneuvering at speed: the boat felt hard work in turns, much like the 55. After seeing both boats out of the water, the tester blamed the rudders, which Azimut had made shorter and broader than the long, narrow blades it used previously, and suggested a return to the older design would fix it.

Power & Motoryacht's prototype had other teething issues, including creaking galley cabinetry that had not yet been bonded in and a non-adjustable upper helm seat set too close to the console. Azimut said both would be corrected in production. On a used boat, check the upper helm seat position and listen for cabinetry noise anyway, since a previous owner may have lived with them.

What the 62 Evolution changed

Azimut's own description of the 62 Evolution lists butterfly-shaped windows in the owner's suite, new horizontal windows in the VIP with an opening center section, and redesigned crew quarters. On the flybridge, the sun pad gained a long backrest that raises to turn the area into an open-air dining space, and the saloon could be specified with a sofa on each side or a single sofa with a TV cabinet and storage. Dining and galley areas are more clearly separated.

The Evolution is the version to target if your budget allows. It is newer, it nearly always has Caterpillar power, and the bigger hull windows make the master feel noticeably brighter. Expect to pay roughly $100,000 to $200,000 more than for an early MTU boat in similar condition.

Buying and running a 62 in 2026

Asking prices start around $380,000 for mid-2000s boats and reach about $680,000 to $720,000 for refitted Evolutions; the Worth Avenue Yachts listing for a 2007 62 Evolution in Miami had new air conditioning units, new batteries, a new autopilot and electronics, fresh bottom paint and new exterior upholstery, which is the kind of list that justifies the top of the range. When the 62 was new, Power & Motoryacht's test boat was priced at about $1.76 million as tested.

Keeping a 62 owner-run on the East Coast typically costs $90,000 to $160,000 annually before any major refit. The usual big-ticket items at this age are air conditioning compressors, teak decks, upholstery and canvas, and electronics, followed by mid-life engine work on high-hour Caterpillars.