Evi's bite the dust

bobjarrard · Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 3:03 pm Post subject: Evi's bite the dust

So after all the hoopla, BHP drops all Evinrude/outboard production and will focus only on boats (packages now get Mercs). No soapbox but what about the skipper who just spent 12K on a re-power to a motor no longer made? Guess it is Yammies, Hondas, Tohatsus (same as Hondas in bigger ranges), and Zuks. Also, even Australians now cannot but a reliable two stroke that can be fixed with a spoon and a hammer. Perhaps time to look at diesel inboards again, the 10-40 HP naturally aspirated FWC engines and we slow down to 5-7 MPH. Ole never thought it would come to this!!!!!
Bob

srbaum · Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 4:16 pm Post subject:

Bob,
I have seen this coming for some time, as nothing in my neck of the woods has had an Evinrude on it lately and BHP has been very quite...

thataway · Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 4:27 pm Post subject:

Interesting, but not un-expected. There are some very interesting new high hp outboards, to commute with the "7's" .

Coming in 2021... But so far the OXE are very heavy and very expensive.