Evinrude demise

[JHelms]

BRP crapped on their dealers when they shutdown Evinrude. They gave no notice till it was announced and the dealers are having to figure things out. After OMC and now this debacle, I don't know how much Evinrude is worth in the consumers and dealers eyes.

This.

[DoctorJJ]

When they made the announcement, I remember their press release saying they were developing other means of propulsion and going down an altogether new path.
So to me, yeah they’ll be back.

As far as the question from the OP, the G2 was a great 2-stroke. But the industry is done with 2-stroke outboards. In hindsight, when the G2 came out, I would think the new Merc V8 4 strokes were in the testing phase of development. Surely BRP knew and were watching the outcome. Mercury not only hit a home run, but in my opinion a grand slam. This is just my opinion, but I think the same outcome would have taken place without the covid pandemic.

My next bass rig is gonna have a Mercury V8. Absolutely no question about it.

The industry may be done with 2 strokes but it wasn’t because of the number of strokes. I promise you if Mercury came out with a 7 stroke (I realize that doesn’t exist) and it was better on mileage, had more power, was faster and was more reliable, you guys would all throw rocks at your 4 strokes. I don’t care if there’s a magic unicorn under the cowling, as long as it works.

[Tico]

BRP crapped on their dealers when they shutdown Evinrude. They gave no notice till it was announced and the dealers are having to figure things out. After OMC and now this debacle, I don't know how much Evinrude is worth in the consumers and dealers eyes.

[Highcentered]

I thought when this started I'd be getting away from it all peacefully fishing, 80% of the time there are more people weekdays than weekends.

That's no lie! This has made me change the way I fish and have been choosing the windiest days I can to go fishing because of it. Have had my best year ever though

[ironoutlaw]

If they were planning on coming back soon why would they let all their employees go.

[DoctorJJ]

If they were planning on coming back soon why would they let all their employees go.

I think they are dead and gone. But it has zero to do with the actual product and less than zero to do with the number of strokes.

[ssmithboats]

mabe the new technology was a paddle it would work better than their vro an e tech

[Jeff Hahn]

I remember when the OMC trolling motor (at the time, arguably the best trolling motor on the market) was discontinued, someone on the old BFHP contacted them about buying the rights to the design. They refused to sell the rights, which made no sense if they weren’t going back into the trolling motor market.

I don't remember the part about someone on the BFHP wanting to buy the rights to the TM. But, I was the one who contacted the marketing rep at Bombardier and asked if they owned the patent to the old OMC TM. Then, I posted the marketing guy's email and within a few days he had received over 300 emails asking Bombardier to bring back the OMC TM. The marketing guy thought that we were spamming him and posted a blistering thread on the BFHP. I apologized to him and then he read the replies to his thread and finally realized that we were all very serious about wanting them to bring back the old OMC TM. He promised to bring it up at the next corporate meeting. That's the last time we ever heard a thing about it.

[Javelin389]

I'm no expert, but wouldn't the patent have run out on that motor a long time ago?

[hardestyeric]

It doesn't matter how good of a product they come out with in the future, lack of consumer confidence will likely cause them struggles. They will have to go after a different crowd other than bass fishermen. I've tried to trade my boat in at a couple dealerships and they won't even give me a low ball offer because of the G1 on it. If you have dealers that got burnt by Evinrude when they closed, dealers that won't deal on a boat with a rude, and consumers that still remember the Ficht debacle, things won't go well for them.

[Jocephus]

I thought when this started I'd be getting away from it all peacefully fishing, 80% of the time there are more people weekdays than weekends.

same here. I want my lake back.

[Fishysam]

I'm the opposite...they had to shed weight somewhere......to get a 4.6 litre 4 stroke motor down to the weight of a 3. 4 litre engine They had to do some serious weight loss......what will be the deciding factor in your eyes in a catastrophic failure....rebuild the 2 stroke or buy a whole new block for the 4 stroke...?

Uh, the proxs is basically a 7 cylinder, so gaining one more whole (v8) and adding cam shaft sand chains, but building it with there new block material if that saved 15 pounds it would be a wash, no scary thoughts from me