"Del Cecchi" wrote in message As for Etec,
the next five years will tell the tale.
Optimax seems to be doing ok, although Merc's stated direction is 4
strokes. That would leave BRP as the only "major manufacturer" selling
only 2 strokes.



Merc is now pushing Optimax as Verado sales are not as high as expected have
performance and economy concerns, according to industry gurus. They are also
going back to a few traditional 2-strokes as there is still a market for
them. Yamaha recently added a few models of older 2-strokes with incentives
for re-powering. Johnson is back in production for 2007 with a few
traditional 2 strokes and some smaller 2-strokes.

It's not a 4-stroke world at the moment as some have predicted. E-TEC sales
are above projections and there is a backlog of some popular models,
especially the 115-150-175and 60° 200 hp engines.

Bill Grannis
service manager