BRP is back in the outboard game

[Potomacbassin’]

I'm not sure BRP is doing anything new? I tried looking it up, looks like they're going to hold onto products they can stuff a Rotax jet drive into (sea doos, their switch pontoon), but the Ghost is probably dead. It was always a one-trick pony and now that Manitou is going to another owner I'm not sure who a buyer for those would be.

 

[PartyBarge]

Well, just to be clear, it's the lean-burn, direct-injected, 2-cycle packages that are their downfall. Those can be great for high power to weight ratios, for high maintenance racing. Our stock 2003 RXDI could indicate 65 MPH with me on it (GPS speed was about 63). However, they are poor for long-term use. Over the 16 years we had it, we toasted pistons twice. Pretty much a fact of life with those engines, because it's not immediately obvious when a fuel pump, filter or injector is giving up. The top end might only drop to 60, but the engine is in real trouble.

We currently have a 2020 170 HP Rotax 4-cycle that has been great and will do 57 with me standing up (has electronically limited RPM, likely to not be too much competition for the supercharged models).

Adding an undesirable power package to a mostly underwater outboard isn't innovation, it's a departure from reality.

 

[lakeliving]

This thread was started 4 years ago in case some of you missed that

 

[PartyBarge]

Yup, but the boat with a questionable power package may have been recently sold to an unsuspecting buyer for 32 grand? Others beware. (2025 - 2022 = 3).

 

[Jack M]

This thread has been locked . Bennington has not offered a BRP option since the 2020 model year . It offers no value to Bennington owners or future owners .