"Billgran" wrote in message
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As you can see from their volume, 320,000, that the outboard industry
is
very small compared to other businesses.

Wow, Bill. Only 320,00 *total* units. How many 225 four-strokes are
sold
in
a year?




Out of that 320,000, the news release stated that around 40% are sold in
the
US, so that would be around 128,000 units of all ratings from 2hp to
300hp.
The 200-225 would be a small percentage of that.

So the company has to apply a huge R&D cost on that new four-stroke to maybe
only 20,000 engines per year? No wonder they're so expensive.

"NOYB" wrote in message
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Out of that 320,000, the news release stated that around 40% are sold in
the
US, so that would be around 128,000 units of all ratings from 2hp to
300hp.
The 200-225 would be a small percentage of that.

So the company has to apply a huge R&D cost on that new four-stroke to
maybe
only 20,000 engines per year? No wonder they're so expensive.





Just an educated guess is that there are less than 10,000 big Yamaha 4
strokes sold last year. The figures should be out within a few months. You
are right that R&D amortized over a few thousand motors adds up very
quickly. Another reason why all major 4-strokes are built overseas. The Merc
X project may change that statement after it goes into production.

Bill Grannis
service manager

"Billgran" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
nk.net...




Out of that 320,000, the news release stated that around 40% are sold
in
the
US, so that would be around 128,000 units of all ratings from 2hp to
300hp.
The 200-225 would be a small percentage of that.

So the company has to apply a huge R&D cost on that new four-stroke to
maybe
only 20,000 engines per year? No wonder they're so expensive.





Just an educated guess is that there are less than 10,000 big Yamaha 4
strokes sold last year. The figures should be out within a few months. You
are right that R&D amortized over a few thousand motors adds up very
quickly.

Then you add in the cost of purchasing the necessary factory and equipment
to handle the specialized task of making these four-strokes...and amortize
that over fewer than 10,000 motors per year...and you start to wonder how
they make 'em so cheap. Right Gene? ;-)