Re: Rumors
Since they (BRP) made the formal announcement a couple months ago I'm not sure you could call it a rumor. I'm thinking that would make it a fact.<br /><br />Heres what they said --<br /><br />BRP to eliminate 40- through 225-hp Johnson four-strokes <br />By IBI Magazine/Michael Verdon <br />Bombardier Recreational Products announced today that for model year 2006 it would be eliminating Johnson brand four-strokes from 40 to 225 horsepower for the North American market. The line of four-strokes are purchased from Suzuki Marine. <br />The company said in a statement that the expansion of its Evinrude E-TEC line would replace the four-strokes. BRP recently introduced the two-stroke, direct injection E-TECs in 115-hp through 200-hp configurations. By fall 2005, the company will have E-TEC engines from 40 to 250 hp. <br />"The V4 and V6 constitute an important milestone toward completing our line-up," said Roch Lambert, vice president, general manager, Outboard Marine Engines in a statement. "This achievement allows us to no longer offer, in the North American market, the 40 to 225-hp Johnson four-stroke engines as of 2006. <br />Lambert said that the Johnson four-stroke line in North America will only include engines from 2.5 to 30 horsepower. The Johnson carbureted two-stroke line-up will include 3.5, 9.9, 15, 90, 115, 150, and 175-hp models.
