And it weighs only 5 pounds more than a 250 Pro XS. It will come in 250 and 300 models replacing the 2 stroke and inline 6 Verado 250 and 300’s. Price will be about the same as the old 250 Pro XS but if ordered with the power steering (instead of the regular hydraulic steering) and digital hot foot it will cost more.
Last edited by Sports1; 05-17-2018 at 06:00 AM.
That looks fast just sitting there!
I got nothin
I'll wait and see how reliable she is before I jump and high five over it. But I be it will run for sure.
mercury four strokes must be pretty good, fished a marina the other day, and out of the 14 boats with four strokes 1 was a Honda, three were Yamaha's, one Suzuki, the other nine were Mercury's.
Snoopy, this is a totally new motor, unrelated to those other engines. No doubt merc sells a bunch of 2 and 4 strokes... These may be the best thing since sliced bread, but we won't know for a little while until people use them. That's all I'm saying. But I do like the fact that the opti is being replaced with a 4
I will wait for the next model that looks nothing like that.
Opti has always been replaced with a 4, other powerheads that is!Originally Posted by procraftokie
I hear that hickory... My opti milked my wallet dry on several occasions.
understand, just going by their previous four strokes, it going to be a good one, as far as opti's go have had two different ones in the last 12 years without a issue
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Looks so much better than the Evinrude.
Cause your always fishing out of someone else’s boatunderstand, just going by their previous four strokes, it going to be a good one
Can anybody name a motor in the 250 class that hasn't had issues for the first couple of years? Will this one be different?
Not really. Most of them do.
Other than some initial software tweaks, I haven’t heard about many issues with the G2. Looks like Merc copied the G2’s aesthetics..... lol
2019 Basscat Caracal
225 Evinrude G2
Solix 12 Mega SI bow and console
Mega Live
36V Ultrex
Steering mechanism ring a bell???... Dan
Isnt the G2 the second version of the motor. The one that had all the power head and lower unit issues.
Hence second generation!
Honda has had issues also, pulley tensioner was recalled, and a fuel leak issue.
been a few more than that!Steering mechanism ring a bell???... Dan
That's your opinion but I disagree, that merc is big, fat and fugly!
Joe Galada - Tamaqua, PA
2004 Ranger 521VX - Yamaha 250 SHO
According to an insider that I know, these motors have been around for a while and have been EXTENSIVELY tested (Don Weed says over 20K hours). Supposedly they were to be introduced several years ago but EPA changed the emissions standards and prevented the introduction. I would buy one now without hesitation.
Last edited by 06 SB; 05-15-2018 at 11:09 AM.
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2020 Basscat Caracal
2020 Mercury 225 ProXS 4s
i heard it was over 23000 hours!!
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