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HarryKrause wrote:



From the first announcement, Mercury positioned Optis as a bridge,
nothing more.

This is totally wrong. Mercury's strategy initially was
to use four-stroke motors for low horsepower and to
use OptiMax two-stroke motors for higher horsepower.
This was made clear and public knowledge at the
USITC hearings.

When Mercury saw the overwhelming public adoption
of four-stroke motors, they quickly changed their
game plan and began development of high horsepower
four stroke outboards, now available as the Verado
engines.

Coincident with this change in strategy was also
a change in senior management of both Brunswick
and Mercury. The two are probably related.