Brunswick also owns mariner and mercury marine - companies within the
corporation with excellent heritages of their own, just like whaler, all
fine products

My understanding is that Maxum is a branded boat made by the bayliner
company - not a seperate company in the corporation- there is a big
difference.

is this true or not?

Depends on the definition of "is".

Is the Maxum built by the same parent company that builds Bayliner? Yes, it is.
Along with a lot of other brand names.

Is the Maxum built identically to the Bayliner product and simply rebadged? No,
it is not.

Rough parallel: Ground beef and a medium
grade steak. Came from the same cow, have the same nutritional value, but most
people will pay slightly more for one than for the other because they see a
difference in value.

Maxum is more similar to Bayliner than it is to some of the other Brunswick
labels, but take a close look at the two boats and you will see why the Maxum
brings a little more money. There are boats on the market, (not bult by
Brunswick), that are probably not any better than a Maxum.
And that's why I remarked it might be silly to dismiss Maxum without even
looking at it because some dock-walking expert advisor gave the standard knock
against Bayliner and there is an association between the two boats.

(Workmanship is fairly close to about the same among most popularly priced,
mass-pro boats anymore. It's a production line assembly worker's job these
days, not a shipwright's trade.You'll find the majority of differences in
design, layup technique, and materials schedules.)






"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Actually, the maxum is a v-drive -
http://adcache.boattraderonline.com/6/5/0/50711350.htm

but I've since learned it's a bayliner owned line, so that's out of the
question.

That's a goofy position to take.
"Bayliner" doesn't own "Maxum" any more than Chevrolet owns Buick,
Pontiac, or
Cadillac.

Bayliner and Maxum are both trademarks of the Brunswick company. Bayliner
is
the more basic, no frills boat. If you are going to rule out Maxum because
the
company builds the less expensive Bayliner trademark, you will also want
to be
sure you don't look at Hatteras, Sea Ray, Boston Whaler, Meridian, Trophy,
Baja, and a few others.....all of which are Brusnwick products and just as
"owned by Bayliner" as the Maxum is.

While you're at it, make sure you don't even begin to consider anything
with a
Mercruiser engine. Yup. "Owned by Bayliner" too. :-)