Rip brp

[phatdaddy]

FOND DU LAC, Wisc. (May 27, 2020) -- Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE:BC) and a world leader in marine propulsion systems, has entered into a strategic supply agreement with BRP to be the supplier of choice for BRP owned boat brands Alumacraft, Manitou, Quintrex & Stacer. BRP has made the decision to discontinue the production of E-TEC and E-TEC G2 engines effective immediately.

“This agreement brings us an incredible opportunity to further grow our brand in the marketplace and introduce our award-winning portfolio of outboard engines to new customers around the world,” said Chris Drees, Mercury Marine president. “We have enjoyed long standing relationships with Alumacraft, Manitou and Telwater and we look forward to continuing to work with them while providing class-leading outboard engines and exceptional service to all of their global customers.”

“We stay true and committed to our marine strategy, and we strongly believe that having two of the most innovative global marine companies to join forces, will not only be mutually beneficial to Mercury Marine and BRP, but also to the whole industry and to customers, " said Karim Donnez, Senior Vice President, Marine Group, IS&T and Global Transformation. “While COVID-19 has precipitated the discontinuation of the production of our outboard engines, we will proudly offer packaged Manitou, Alumacraft, Quintrex and Stacer boats with Mercury Marine going forward."

Mercury Marine will be the outboard supplier of choice for the Alumacraft and Manitou brands as well as Quintrex & Stacer in Australia.

“We are excited for the BRP dealers and consumers to experience our new engines – and with our recent capacity related investments we are well positioned for continued growth,” said Drees.

Boat packages for Alumacraft, Manitou, Quintrex & Stacer with Mercury outboards will be available in early June.

[SkunkBoat]

last nail in the 2 stroke coffin.

[phatdaddy]

Yeah, i was always an OMC fan. We sold Lawn Boy lawnmowers from 69 to 89, not a simpler motor on the planet. My first boats had an assortment 25, 35, and 50 hp Evinrude s and Johnson s. Then moved up to a 115 Evinrude.

Around here, it was Mercury to go fast, Evinrude to Last.

Also read that about 650 employees in Wisconsin plants were laid off

That***8217;s what sucks

[bradford]

It sucks they quit making them, never had any trouble with my 150. The 90 had an alarm which turned out to be a bad gauge right out of the box. Other than that perfect, ran it yesterday. They are efficient and fast engines. Probably the best power to weight ratio of a later model engine. Still plenty of older 2 stroke loopers running around here. Some people freaking out about it, but I really don't see someone not producing parts for them. Not saying it's the same thing, but Olds and Pontiac went out, but everyone likes a 442 or GTO.

[spareparts]

about 4 years from now, BRP will introduce a new line of 4 stroke outboards under the Sea Do name, mark my words. The writing was on the wall for e-tec a long time ago. BRP at one time offered Ficht/Ram Ficht/E-tec engines in about every product line they sold, the phased the engines out of every other department a while back, outboards was the last hold out. From what I've heard from other techs, the dealers were getting a pretty raw deal, no support, parts delays, and denied/reduced warranty claims. All the while, BRP was advertising extended warranties and service intervals, basically pulling the rug out from dealers. I still have yet to see more than a handfull around here