Mangusta means "mongoose" in Italian. Cute, but not the most obvious name for a line of luxury yachts. You have to know the backstory. When Giuseppe Balducci established his company in 1985, the chief competition was from a brand called Cobra, by Tecnomarine. It has since faded from view, but Balducci's choice of name was prescient: the "mangusta" is the only animal capable of slaying the feared serpent.
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