I guess the negativity towards cat from most sledders seems pretty simple to me… they have been shooting themselves in the foot for nearly 15 years by not giving customers what they want. That’s it. That’s why there is negativity. It doesn’t make sense to most sledders why they refused to bring anything new to the table for so long. That’s all.
I cant understand that dark blue they used on some Catalysts... IMO that was ugly as far as obnoxious colors just look at some of the shoes people wear LOL
My only thought is, if it's not broke, don't fix it.
pro-cross drive line bearings often break though lol
I get those ugly shoes at a discount! Do I like the color choices, nope, but I am frugal
and could care less how I look. In fact my snowmobile apparel was all deeply discounted and a collage of Ski Doo, Yamaha, Arctic Cat and Polaris….
Don’t disagree, but that doesn’t sell new sleds every year, and not selling new sleds is precisely why cat is in the toughest situation of the 3 brands (all 3 are definitely hurting though)
Nothing burns like a CatIt's the current business model for most corporations. Squeeze every nickel out of it and move on. Personally, I don't feel the gloom and doom that others have mentioned. Here's my reasoning; Cat still is an innovator, the Catalyist shows they're still developing. By comparison, Yamaha coasted for years with the same old, eventually teamed up with AC for a few years and then pulled the plug entirely. Gone! I don't think Cat is there yet. Let see what the new owner(s) have in mind.
And you know what they say, there's still a lot of Arctic Cats out there on the trails....and some have made it back home!
. To be fair, I am in the blue jacket and look slumped over. I rolled my sled earlier and the left handlebar was bent down.I couldn't agree with you more dfattack! But to each his own! I don't see that kind of dislike, discontent, or even hatred for AC? I'm not a AC fanatic as I've only owned three. However many of my closest riding friends over the years are, were. In my entire snowmobiling life, I have had nothing but the absolute utmost admiration, and total respect for all of the very many designs, and developments brought forth, and into the market by AC. Mostly through their racing programs. Mainly their Cross Country, and Snocross racing. Roger Skime is the man, a huge hero in my eyes, and has been for almost 60 years. If he once met you, whether in racing, or just riding, he never forgot you. When he departed, in my mind it left a huge hole in the structure of AC. That hole is still unfilled today. Good luck to AC, and as always euphoric! I'm hoping on the Argo deal.
Yeah, well euphoric, I was fooled, rused, stooged into the wishful thinking that Textron was going to be the real deal, in getting AC back to being the force they could be. I'm greatly disappointed, and I should have know better by the Textron/Polaris disasterous ownership tennure.
Perhaps bad management is as history, and repeats itself?Its a bit ironic if you think of Textron's history in the powersports market. Bought Polaris way back in the late 60's, ran it into the ground and was looking to sell it when times got tough in the early 80's. Polaris management bought it from Textron, took it private at first and then public later, and turned it into the company it is today. Hopefully AC can follow the same model/path and come out successful in the long run. Then Textron will have to move onto BRP and try again
Yeah indy, just like Yamaha, old milk sours.
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