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Robby Gordon posted on his instagram page he was told in January no 4 seater and no turbo because Textron did not feel there was a market for them. How do they not have their act together and be so blinded by were the market sells units? Good luck on getting rid of the old inventory of Wildcats. Current owners practically have to give them away on the used market.

I guess the good news is the Wildcat XX will be getting even cheaper.

No 4 seater is one nail in the coffin and no turbo sport model from the factory is the other nail. If they don't have anything to offer by 2020 AC/Textron will be all but done in the SXS market within a few years.

I guess the aftermarket was smart in not invested in products for a car that might not be around in the next 2 years.

The Honda Talon is going to take a piece of the non-turbo market and Kawi has something new coming this year. The n/a market will have lots of players and AC might be the odd man out.

Bum deal for sure.

i would have to kindly disagree. The turbo market is very small compared to the na. There’s way more dirt/woods riders in this country then dune/sand. Expecialy east of the Mississippi. Dirt/woods/trail riders don’t buy many turbo machines because a turbo isn’t needed. The xx only has been in existence for 1 year and now it’s going to go away next year? It’s takes longer then that to have a strong foot hold in the world market I would think. Textron has to make up for what arctic cat lost over the years and gain after that. The xx is doing a good job so far and is increasing in popularity. Once that is achieved fully then you’ll see a turbo in my opinion. I do think they should come out with a 4 seater though there is a big market for that. A lot of families ride. How has the yahama Yxz servived so far. No turbo or 4 seater there. There’s a kit I guess that the purchaser has to install not the same imo.

 

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The xx is doing very well in the Lucas oil series. Jermey houl in his speedwerx car took third in the world championships at Crandon wi last year. There’s was I think 40 cars in that race and he was the only xx driver. He then went to the Lucas oil cup in the western series where he took first on sat and second on sun. Driver mistake on sun costed him the sweep. The first round of the Lucas oil western series a xx took third. He was one of two xx in the field. Lucas oil Midwest series will start in June. Be interesting to see how they do in both series this year only being the second year I existence. The xx is proving itself, just st a slower pace because of the lack of cars in a race. Hard to learn how to dial in a car when your the only one racing it. That will change through time. I know jermey turned a lot of head last year, expecialy when he was passing most of the field. Lol. there will be more xx racing in the Midwest series and will grow in the other. Hard to get teams to drop there already racecars and race something else.