That is encouraging that Mercury is well positioned.
Here in southern Rhode Island, there seems to be more Yamaha outboards than all of the others combined. Second would be Mercury, with Suzuki and Tohatsu gaining some market share.
Some time ago, there were rumors that Bombardier was planning to resume outboard manufacturing with a new design, but maybe it’s just a rumor. It would be nice if they, or someone else, could bring back a full line of USA made motors that are the best that the market has to offer. Maybe those days are gone, and it’s just a dream.
Believe it or not, Bombardier is planning on introducing some sort of crazy niche market “outboard” to fit on pontoon boats under the platform… Looks like a disaster to me, most of it is underwater in a “sealed” compartment. Somehow “we never learn”
BRP has already introduced the “Project Ghost” motor on their line of pontoon boats, calling it the Rotax outboard. As fleetwin noted, the powerhead sits underwater for the most part and a number of marine dealerships have already reported problems with water intrusion. A local dealership in my area (a former Evinrude dealer) ordered a couple of the pontoon boats with this Rotax contraption and as soon as he got them in, he sent them back to BRP after deciding he wanted no part of trying to work on the thing. And after BRP kept jerking him around on ETEC G2 warranty claims and replacement parts availability, he cut all ties with BRP and won’t even work on Evinrudes anymore. Can’t believe they gave up on Evinrude in exchange for this thing.
Bob
1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
1954 Johnson CD-11
1955 Johnson QD-16
1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
1957 Evinrude 3022
1958 Johnson QD-19
1958 Johnson FD-12
1959 Johnson QD-20
1982 Evinrude 25hp
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