Re: The Sinking of the Outboard Marine Corp.

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July 6, 2018 at 9:58 pm #79134
Don
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    quote reivertom:

    This is the story of most of the lost manufacturing companies in the US. The EPA is culpable as much as short sided leadership.

    Well yes, the ficht engines were rushed to the market to comply with the new EPA regs…I won’t blame the EPA, but the ficht engines were surely not ready for market. I don’t know when the outboard companies were advised about the new regs, seems like the other outboard companies did not want to bother with making two strokes compliant so they just went to four strokes.
    Whatever issues the ETEC engines might have, no one can deny they are real easy on fuel while complying with EPA pollution regs. I’m hoping that BRP will not give up on this technology and make the necessary investments to make the engines as bullet proof as the 1974 115s were.
    Again, it is just a shame that so many dealers/customers got screwed over, selling even the best Evinrude outboards will be an uphill battle for years to come.