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Thread: BRP just discontinued all E-TECS
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05-28-2020, 11:03 PM #91Team Member
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Even though I called them ugly a couple of posts up, I don’t disagree with you about being able to get used to it. I probably could. I do think their looks were too funky for the market, especially combined with their heigh price and heavy weight. Even with the looks, If they had been priced right and weren’t too heavy to re power certain classics, they might have made it. Who knows? The classic Boston Whaler crowd really liked to re power with the G1 ETECs for both weight and looks, for example.
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05-29-2020, 05:25 AM #92I'd rather be competitive w/junk I built in my garage than win w/stuff I bought.
I refuse to allow common sense to interfere w/my boat buying decisions.
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05-29-2020, 05:29 AM #93Screaming And Flying!
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05-29-2020, 05:42 AM #94
Theres a bigger issue here that is impacting all manufacturing. We are moving towards an "on demand" lifestyle where the old concept of build then sell is losing ground. Manufacturing that can be nimble with respect to ebbs and flows of demand without mountains of debt leverage or subsidies are going to win this transition, and win big at that. Think Amzn prime vs flea bay, one is running away with the market because the in demand aspect functions way better and the predictability of costs are far superior. The product is available on both
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05-29-2020, 06:47 AM #95
[QUOTE=WavetoWave;3210551]My take on it in the link below. And I don't think they are as ugly as some think, take some getting used to but kind of cool in their own way. The steering was really innovative. Can't blame the engineers for thinking outside the box.
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https://www.wavetowave.com/home/2020...gy-and-failure
Great article. I too have been Mercury since birth but the loss of Evinrude is tragic for all outboard owners.
Prayers for those whose livelihood's depended on them.
22R
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05-29-2020, 07:10 AM #96
Great article. I too have been Mercury since birth but the loss of Evinrude is tragic for all outboard owners.
Prayers for those whose livelihood's depended on them.
22R[/QUOTE]
Thank you
Anyone celebrating this situation is obviously too stupid to understand how many lives will be affected in a very negative way. Im not seeing people on here doing it but plenty on facebook.limited skills
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05-29-2020, 08:11 AM #97
Loss of competition is almost never good for the consumer.
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05-29-2020, 08:49 AM #98Screaming And Flying!
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05-29-2020, 09:19 AM #99
It's more like Ford eliminating "sedans" than GM or Mercury dropping "cosmetically different" products... but maybe they actually believe the ghost drive is going to make outboards obsolete and they just shanked Mercury into committing to produce them during the "transition" away from outboards altogether. I dunno.
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Come on , the new triples also with tillers , the very recent cosmetic changes to the big G2, they don't do this if previous quarterly or annuals are so poor that viability is issue. Earnings don't reflect this scuttling.
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