Yeah, power head below the water line?)) Disaster all over it! I hear they are forcing dealers to buy one of these things, i would dump the Alumacraft line if i was a dealer.
@@gatewaymofreight no more disaster than an I/O less even since it isn't IN the boat.... so it gets advantages of an IO and of an Outboard. Outboards you gotta watch this pisser to make sure your boat has water in the block... with this, you just need to watch the temp guage like an I/O or any automotive engine.... since it will always have water in it and cant' dry run unless your boat is out of the water of course. Of course I still hate that the discontinued evinrude.... one of the small etecs would ahve been perfect for a tunnel hull I wanted to build.
I’m a million percent sure this will not only fail, but fail faster than any brand from any industry has ever failed in the entire history of manufacturing. It’s as if they’re going out of their way and doing everything they possibly can to make sure Evinrude never comes back. Kudos fellas, you nailed it first try.
@BRP Give the industry what it wants. Make a good outboard with a 20” shaft and make it a 4 STROKE. There is no need to stay two stroke and come back to the industry strong sporting the true and trusted EVINRUDE name.
Actually would be really nice if they brought back the 2 stroke that is my preference when it comes to outboards 2 stroke and yes I have had 4 strokes too and always end up going back to a 2 stroke just can't beat the power of 2 stroke and the fact that they are less maintenance.
How's the serviceability?? The claim is full trim, but how?? There's a huge deck above the hood. What's the type of sealing system that's keeping that engine dry? Is this a hint at what's to come? Is the company partially sunk like the motor? I have a feeling this thing is gonna be in the shop just as much as on the water.
Be no good for ocean 🌊 fishing and swells, engine deeply hung in the salt water will have issues I reckon. Is the lower pivot bush up to the massive overhang weight. Just looks all wrong in the design
I'm starting to get this strong feeling that BRP is just trying to put them selves out of business atleast there marine division. They should have kept producing the traditional evinrude etec 2 stroke and if wanted to add the outboard as an option willing to bet way more people would get these boats with the evinrude etec instead of this crappy design outboard that no one wanted weight hangs off to far behind transom which will decrease planning time plus I like being able to see My outboard for visibly seeing trim and which way it is turned
When you want to introduce a new product.. the best way to do that is with a trusted brand , and bombardier nuked the evinrude brand's trust from orbit and continues to do so. Whoever's idea this was... was a complete fool. Not even because this might be a bad product, it could be bad or it could be great the jury is out.... but they destroyed their brand.
Nothing wrong with two stroke. I don't understand why they can't just improve o what's already there. I run a 37 yr old Yamaha outboard. Light dependable pretty much maintenance free. Why can't Brp make a lightweight fuel injected 2 stroke outboard up to 150hp that works? Make it a lightweight like the two strokes of the 80s 4cyl twin turbo charge it if u want...run a exhaust with a muffler above water so it's not pushing spent oil into the lake. It's 2022 for fuck sake. You don't have to reinvent the wheel....just make the wheel better.
Well, I sure can't find any of your boats with the new Rotax outboard on your website... EDIT: Ok, only now did I see one bit of text saying that they'll be available in 2023...but I though it's 2023 right now so why aren't they in any way on your site? Why not even an introduction and have the ability to pre-configure them?
Can someone, anyone, please explain to me how this thing won't get hydrolocked in rough water??? Is there a remote air intake inside the boat? Like the other guy said, fast fail.
they made test and its slower than the G2 150, look at the whole motor underwater, especially on holeshot that motor digs in instead of just the lower unit.... too much drag until its on plane
Not only the drag but all that extra weight extended out even further behind the transom when other companies are working on trying the get the weight closer or forward of transom
Anyone who knew anything about boats would know this wouldn't be a good outboard design and it would not perform well. Despite them putting pods on the boat its still too back heavy with the weight hanging that far off the transom. Its making the back of the boat act like a brake. That is why performance is bad.
@@bohembillygoats Honestly a Rotax 2 stroke in a vertical configuration would also be fine.... and might not have the issues evinrudes have had with injectors etc... etc... since they have aviation heritage. the 90 degree setup is wacky tough and not retrofitable to standard transoms it'd snap em in half.
I don't like the idea of this as all. It would work well in calm waters, but i see it falling ass up out in more choppy waters. Like just today i ran out of fuel in choppy water & my 1973 V4 Johnson just about got swamped, while I was fuelling up with a spare jerry can on board. This (outboard) in that situation would be completely swamped, like is the intake gunna be routed threw the transom into the boat or like every other outboard (styled air inlets in the cowl)?
I’m a huge Evinrude fan. I think the last rendition of the G2 is still the best outboard on the water. It’s so good at so many things. I think the new Rotax S makes sense on the pontoon boats but I can’t see it selling in the fishing market. Im concerned that we haven’t seen this new motor for sale yet curious if changes are being made or just more testing being done to make sure it is good to go. I really hope BRP does not exit the boating engine industry. They bring so much technology to the table making other manufacturers up there game as well 👍🏻
So basically they took a etec powerhead and turned it 90 degrees and mounted it low on the transom. Redid the lower unit similar to a I/O but the actual motor is outside the boat. Being that it's a direct injection two stoke it's more compact than a 4 stroke so it can be done. I like the idea. No big monsterous powerheads hanging on the back of the boat and cleans up the back of the boat. I just hope they do a better job marketing than they did with the ETEC. Too many people think of two strokes as their grandpas plug fouling smoker. Thinking outside the box. I hope it catches on.
People just need to be around more g2s to realize what they’re missing out on, pulled my boat out of the showroom 3 years ago and just got my first 300$ service recommend, and I’ll see them in another 3 years lol, quiet, efficiency and power, can’t beat that. Now if they can only stop putting carpet in boats we’ll be on to something also shame on Alumacraft for putting a single piece of plywood or mdf in ur boats your an aluminum manufacturing company use aluminum! Lol
Please show a demonstration on the water where you lift this motor up and take tangled line out of the prop. Then take this motor and drive it over a pile of rocks to show it will not leak water into the engine compartment. Speaking of engine compartment, show me someone taking off the cowling to check something on the water, and off the water.
Right? If you need a deck get a deck boat or a pontoon boat. Alumacraft has some blame in this too…..stick with what you know practical fishing boats. You are not a company that needs to be putting out stupid ideas
I doubt all the other boat manufacturers are going to redesign their boats to put this motor on. I won’t even consider this unless it’s in a fiberglass option. , guess we’ll have to wait and see.
a electric motor can tilt up without lifting the transom deck and would work well on a pontoon boat as it only requires cables for power and steering, You can have batteries spread out evenly on the flat pontoon deck or have a small generator to provide energy to the electric motor and charge the batteries when not cruising.
Very odd they would take the etecs off the market. Then 2yrs later re enter the market with a totally unproven motor. I dont see any dealers ordering this for their showrooms. People are still gonna want there yamahas or mercury outboards.
I wonder how long that new engine design will stay water tight. What if you have to get at the engine while your out on the water? I don’t care what motor it is ,you may have to get at the engine at some point while on the water …Guess ya better make sure ya bring whatever you need to unbolt the engine cover and make sure that seal is really water tight and put back on right … Seems like more maintenance and headaches compared to an outboard or IO. But I hope all the best of luck.
Everyone check out team marine on you tube he even spoke with people who works at brp.. he will explain the 40 reasons this isn't a good design. Plus its uggllly and they only make it up to 150 hp...
Looks like they had to slip a boat together to accommodate the motor, that will have very little aftermarket support and disappear not long after it is released to the public.
Idk about this New design of an Invisible Outboard motor. Just picture if you will , An Outboard Underneath , Under Water ? Hmmm , I don't see this working out . If I Remember correctly , When BRP was Promoting the Evinrude E-Tec Outboards , The E-Tec was taking The Boating World by Storm ? Then Along comes The Evinrude E-Tec G2 Outboards. I personally believe that BRP had the Best , Most Advanced Outboards on the Market. The wife and I was at our local lake Yesterday and There were Alot of Boats on the water and Alot of the Boats that were on water were Running Evinrude's. Old an New ! We seen Quite a few Evinrude E-Tec Outboards. Personally I think that BRP had made a Big mistake Stopping production of the Evinrude Outboards. IMHO I thought that they had a Superior product to Any other Outboards available. Good Luck to BRP with this New Boat and Outboard , Underwater Outboard Whatever it's supposed to be?
If they would have done a better job marketing the evinrude etec and proving its ability they would have sold alot more traditional outboards bring back the etec.
Yeah this shit is pretty garbage. Just from looking at its design it just screams problems. No doubt it will have moisture problems and I can imagine it will go through seals like no one's business. The trim on this thing must be a fucking nightmare. The huge back desk is because that had to essentially raise the back deck over the transom to fit this semi-submersible engine under the damn boat. What the fuck is with these companies and this ridiculous weekend warrior dad shit these companies are making. This just might be the biggest flop of the decade people. Every company needs to take a line from Toyota and their moto. Just build quality vehicles. You don't see them trying to break the mold with this fancy new shit, but I guarantee you their vehicles will run to 500k on the original engine and transmission with only regular maintenance. Why can't these companies do that. I don't need new and innovative. Give me old, works, and reliable any day or pretty new innovation.
Introducing the first generation Underboard motor 🤦 I reckon nobody will be fishing in shallow water with one of those, save money on buying a jack plate I suppose. Pretty sure that's an E-tec laying horizontal shoved down under the waterline. I can't see how anyone who is a fisherman though that was a good design idea. I hope Alumacraft sells other models with regular fourstrokes or they might not survive this 😂
Bring evinrude back in a 4 stroke OUTBOARD, I think you shot yourself in the foot with this garbage, if you were to sell this garbage it'd be a very small group of people
BRP - please give us an update in a couple years and let us know how that stupid Rotax underwater motor works out for you. In the meantime, get back to work on bringing us an Evinrude outboard again.
LOL I love my 150 etec G1. It will be my last BRP outboard. I just hope I can still get parts and keep it running forever. it is a 2013 I hate BRP now.
BRP Ghost concept is junk, a mercruiser or Volvo penta stern drive would be far better solution for the same form factor. Otherwise put a standard outboard on the boat and stop selling garbage that boat buyers do not want.
That new Rotax is a big POS. 30+ second holeshot, 20mph SLOWER than a traditional outboard. This idea is the absolute worst thing you could have come up with. For that engineer as well as your CEO for allowing that clown to waste money on such a turd sandwich!
Try that on the Yukon River or any silt laden river it will look like someone took a sandblaster to it,gosh I would hate to hit an underwater log with that thing entire boat and motor would be in Davy Jones locker room what is going to happen if the battery goes dead as it inevitably will in TimBuk 2, E.T. phone home I cant start my Underboard cause well..... ITS UNDERWATER!!!!!!!LOL
Leave it to BRP to come up with some super terrible ideas first stop producing the best outboard ever evinrude and start making worst idea for outboard ever wow like really bad idea
Seriously, it's insulting to think of how many hard working people lost their jobs for this flaming pile of a design concept. Just close the doors and continue to make utv cash cows, and stick to that. My father is rolling over in his grave...
What a complete disaster of a product! This is what happens when you don’t listen to your engineers saying this is a terrible idea, fire them, than go hire a bunch of mid 20 year olds fresh from engineering school that don’t care about the marine industry to begin with. It’s ugly as sin, a 3 cylinder 150hp motor is not going to perform at all, the idea of a motor being pretty much 1/2-3/4 submerged is stupid because eventually that seal is going to rot and start leaking. The flippy deck so the motor can trim almost sounds like you want to get sued when someone is standing on the deck and you trim the motor so you can get through shallow water and they fall off and bust there head or something. I could go on and on on how terrible this is but I got better things to do.
I'm an outboard mechanic and I will tell you this will fail harder the the g2s and fichts combined...if brp really wants to re and then invent the wheel go electric...
This thing will be a load s*** just imagine an engine that's submerge underwater do you know what salt water does to engines I do I work on them everyday this is a nail in the coffin The second one seal fails this thing will be submerged and sunk if they sell these just expect class action lawsuit after lawsuit The motor is literally underwater you can't even tilt it out of the water so you can't even store any water at least not salt water maybe freshwater for barnacles will just stick to that thing left and right look like a crab trap that got lost
Who in heavens name would be so collossaly stupid to by one of these,BRP makes excellent snowmobiles and watercraft and heck atv/utvs, but c'mon putting their stamp on something like this is so totally asinine, is this merely a concept vehicle that proves a concept that little Tommy Tinker smoking Crack came up with sheeesh!!! How does the average bear service the underboard,and why in heavens name would they just not make an inboard outboard, this thing is a absolute divorce waiting to happen!!
Comical with the “underboard”! It’s obviously not going to be reliable propulsion. At least the motor can be used as a large vessel anchor when it fails!
that has to be the dumbest outboards i have ever seen. that will be a nightmare to work on the powerhead. It will also rust apart due to water intrusion, no one will waste money on that piece of trash!!!
The entire outboatd engine is under water. Not a good idea. Ill be suprised if any of these engines make it past 1000 hours.
1 hour
Totally agree I feel like BRP is purposely trying to put there marine devision out of business.
This engine wont end well I believe.
You got that right
Why
Yeah, power head below the water line?)) Disaster all over it! I hear they are forcing dealers to buy one of these things, i would dump the Alumacraft line if i was a dealer.
@@gatewaymofreight no more disaster than an I/O less even since it isn't IN the boat.... so it gets advantages of an IO and of an Outboard. Outboards you gotta watch this pisser to make sure your boat has water in the block... with this, you just need to watch the temp guage like an I/O or any automotive engine.... since it will always have water in it and cant' dry run unless your boat is out of the water of course. Of course I still hate that the discontinued evinrude.... one of the small etecs would ahve been perfect for a tunnel hull I wanted to build.
This is sad I have no idea what your engineering department was thinking this will fail badly
This is what you get with a bunch of 20 year old fresh engineers that have no clue about boat motors
Sounds more like there engineering department was more like that's a bad idea but was like don't want to lose job so must do it.
@@brandonsmith606 AMEN!!!!
I’m a million percent sure this will not only fail, but fail faster than any brand from any industry has ever failed in the entire history of manufacturing. It’s as if they’re going out of their way and doing everything they possibly can to make sure Evinrude never comes back. Kudos fellas, you nailed it first try.
😅😅😅 bingo !!
Best APRIL Fools ever!!!!
I Hope!!!
they trashed the evinrude g2 for this!?!?
Yep sad I know right
Yeah……the youngins don’t have a clue.
I gave up 10 years of working on Mercruiser for outboards. This looks like a marketing department idea.
@BRP Give the industry what it wants. Make a good outboard with a 20” shaft and make it a 4 STROKE. There is no need to stay two stroke and come back to the industry strong sporting the true and trusted EVINRUDE name.
Actually would be really nice if they brought back the 2 stroke that is my preference when it comes to outboards 2 stroke and yes I have had 4 strokes too and always end up going back to a 2 stroke just can't beat the power of 2 stroke and the fact that they are less maintenance.
Not everyone wants a 4 stroke. I sure don't. But I sure don't want this Ghost outboard thing either.
It’s called torque…….something that is missing in 4 strokes unless you add more cylinders and weight.
Huge miss. Marine version of the Spruce Goose.
How's the serviceability?? The claim is full trim, but how?? There's a huge deck above the hood. What's the type of sealing system that's keeping that engine dry? Is this a hint at what's to come? Is the company partially sunk like the motor? I have a feeling this thing is gonna be in the shop just as much as on the water.
u get full trim, just that the motor will lift up that center section of the platform, this whole motor is basically an G2-i3 that fall down
Be no good for ocean 🌊 fishing and swells, engine deeply hung in the salt water will have issues I reckon. Is the lower pivot bush up to the massive overhang weight. Just looks all wrong in the design
Why put the engine under water? I will stick with my mercury and Yamahas !
Watch the Team Marine video on this. Its a joke
I'm starting to get this strong feeling that BRP is just trying to put them selves out of business atleast there marine division. They should have kept producing the traditional evinrude etec 2 stroke and if wanted to add the outboard as an option willing to bet way more people would get these boats with the evinrude etec instead of this crappy design outboard that no one wanted weight hangs off to far behind transom which will decrease planning time plus I like being able to see My outboard for visibly seeing trim and which way it is turned
When you want to introduce a new product.. the best way to do that is with a trusted brand , and bombardier nuked the evinrude brand's trust from orbit and continues to do so. Whoever's idea this was... was a complete fool. Not even because this might be a bad product, it could be bad or it could be great the jury is out.... but they destroyed their brand.
Nothing wrong with two stroke. I don't understand why they can't just improve o what's already there. I run a 37 yr old Yamaha outboard. Light dependable pretty much maintenance free. Why can't Brp make a lightweight fuel injected 2 stroke outboard up to 150hp that works? Make it a lightweight like the two strokes of the 80s 4cyl twin turbo charge it if u want...run a exhaust with a muffler above water so it's not pushing spent oil into the lake. It's 2022 for fuck sake. You don't have to reinvent the wheel....just make the wheel better.
Because Bombardier is a horrible company. A company that isn't making any money. You can see why.
The queen 16 and queen marrie had the first curved windshield. I just bought a '60 queen 16
No way an engine basically under water will farewell in time and the back of that boat is as ugly as it gets
Well, I sure can't find any of your boats with the new Rotax outboard on your website...
EDIT: Ok, only now did I see one bit of text saying that they'll be available in 2023...but I though it's 2023 right now so why aren't they in any way on your site? Why not even an introduction and have the ability to pre-configure them?
The new underboard 😂 . Come on evenrude. Y’all could have come up with something better than this junk.
Can someone, anyone, please explain to me how this thing won't get hydrolocked in rough water??? Is there a remote air intake inside the boat? Like the other guy said, fast fail.
they made test and its slower than the G2 150, look at the whole motor underwater, especially on holeshot that motor digs in instead of just the lower unit.... too much drag until its on plane
Not only the drag but all that extra weight extended out even further behind the transom when other companies are working on trying the get the weight closer or forward of transom
Anyone who knew anything about boats would know this wouldn't be a good outboard design and it would not perform well. Despite them putting pods on the boat its still too back heavy with the weight hanging that far off the transom. Its making the back of the boat act like a brake. That is why performance is bad.
Notice they never showed it getting on plane lol. Because it would have taken to long. This is such a joke.
I guess back trolling is out of the question.
Going in reverse? Lol the entire back end will go under
Is this mandatory or can you get a traditional outboard?
We designed these new generation of boats knowing folks would want a wide range of power options, so we did. Traditional outboards may be rigged.
@@alumacraft lol way to save your assistance because nobody's gonna buy this boat with this motor.
@@alumacraft yeah just remove that thing in the end and u can stick a mercury on it. would love an evinrude 2 banger tho
@@alumacraft Hopefully you guys ditch this before you waste anymore money on it. Really piss poor idea. Bring back Evinrude 2 strokes!
@@bohembillygoats Honestly a Rotax 2 stroke in a vertical configuration would also be fine.... and might not have the issues evinrudes have had with injectors etc... etc... since they have aviation heritage. the 90 degree setup is wacky tough and not retrofitable to standard transoms it'd snap em in half.
I don't like the idea of this as all. It would work well in calm waters, but i see it falling ass up out in more choppy waters. Like just today i ran out of fuel in choppy water & my 1973 V4 Johnson just about got swamped, while I was fuelling up with a spare jerry can on board. This (outboard) in that situation would be completely swamped, like is the intake gunna be routed threw the transom into the boat or like every other outboard (styled air inlets in the cowl)?
I’m a huge Evinrude fan. I think the last rendition of the G2 is still the best outboard on the water. It’s so good at so many things. I think the new Rotax S makes sense on the pontoon boats but I can’t see it selling in the fishing market. Im concerned that we haven’t seen this new motor for sale yet curious if changes are being made or just more testing being done to make sure it is good to go. I really hope BRP does not exit the boating engine industry. They bring so much technology to the table making other manufacturers up there game as well 👍🏻
Please god let there be alumacrafts with a Yamaha
I hope the designers were drunk. At least they would have something to blame it on.
I thought April fools day was in April. Lol This has to be a joke.
So basically they took a etec powerhead and turned it 90 degrees and mounted it low on the transom. Redid the lower unit similar to a I/O but the actual motor is outside the boat. Being that it's a direct injection two stoke it's more compact than a 4 stroke so it can be done. I like the idea. No big monsterous powerheads hanging on the back of the boat and cleans up the back of the boat. I just hope they do a better job marketing than they did with the ETEC. Too many people think of two strokes as their grandpas plug fouling smoker. Thinking outside the box. I hope it catches on.
People just need to be around more g2s to realize what they’re missing out on, pulled my boat out of the showroom 3 years ago and just got my first 300$ service recommend, and I’ll see them in another 3 years lol, quiet, efficiency and power, can’t beat that. Now if they can only stop putting carpet in boats we’ll be on to something also shame on Alumacraft for putting a single piece of plywood or mdf in ur boats your an aluminum manufacturing company use aluminum! Lol
Please show a demonstration on the water where you lift this motor up and take tangled line out of the prop.
Then take this motor and drive it over a pile of rocks to show it will not leak water into the engine compartment.
Speaking of engine compartment, show me someone taking off the cowling to check something on the water, and off the water.
Who let the youth preacher give the presentation?
Looks and sounds like a stupid idea. I want my engine above water. Plus the back deck just looks stupid. #epicfail
Right? If you need a deck get a deck boat or a pontoon boat. Alumacraft has some blame in this too…..stick with what you know practical fishing boats. You are not a company that needs to be putting out stupid ideas
I doubt all the other boat manufacturers are going to redesign their boats to put this motor on. I won’t even consider this unless it’s in a fiberglass option. , guess we’ll have to wait and see.
Where is the seat on the back deck. Also, do they really believe that the motor isnt going to get wet. I dont care how they seal it up
A fallen over Evinrude 2 stroke eTec that lives underwater, no thank you.
does the engine have a bilge pump?
😂 dude it needs to have a sump pump 😂
a electric motor can tilt up without lifting the transom deck and would work well on a pontoon boat as it only requires cables for power and steering, You can have batteries spread out evenly on the flat pontoon deck or have a small generator to provide energy to the electric motor and charge the batteries when not cruising.
You didn't show much. (picture says more than 1000 words)
Very odd they would take the etecs off the market. Then 2yrs later re enter the market with a totally unproven motor. I dont see any dealers ordering this for their showrooms. People are still gonna want there yamahas or mercury outboards.
Alumacraft I don't know your affiliation with BRP but you're going to regret this
I wonder how long that new engine design will stay water tight. What if you have to get at the engine while your out on the water? I don’t care what motor it is ,you may have to get at the engine at some point while on the water …Guess ya better make sure ya bring whatever you need to unbolt the engine cover and make sure that seal is really water tight and put back on right … Seems like more maintenance and headaches compared to an outboard or IO. But I hope all the best of luck.
Everyone check out team marine on you tube he even spoke with people who works at brp.. he will explain the 40 reasons this isn't a good design. Plus its uggllly and they only make it up to 150 hp...
This is a big mistake brp !
So I'm guessing that if you want a kicker for trolling you have to leave off that back deck?
The people who made this do not walleye fish. Lol. That's a huge reason its such an abomination.
@@bannedagain1483 possible they don't fish at all.
Looks like they had to slip a boat together to accommodate the motor, that will have very little aftermarket support and disappear not long after it is released to the public.
Just like an io can't use it early ice out or late season up north
I’m getting 2 of them
This will be a huge flop. What a mistake!!
Let’s build a stern drive and hang it outside the boat.
What could go wrong?
Idk about this New design of an Invisible Outboard motor. Just picture if you will , An Outboard Underneath , Under Water ? Hmmm , I don't see this working out . If I Remember correctly , When BRP was Promoting the Evinrude E-Tec Outboards , The E-Tec was taking The Boating World by Storm ? Then Along comes The Evinrude E-Tec G2 Outboards. I personally believe that BRP had the Best , Most Advanced Outboards on the Market. The wife and I was at our local lake Yesterday and There were Alot of Boats on the water and Alot of the Boats that were on water were Running Evinrude's. Old an New ! We seen Quite a few Evinrude E-Tec Outboards. Personally I think that BRP had made a Big mistake Stopping production of the Evinrude Outboards. IMHO I thought that they had a Superior product to Any other Outboards available. Good Luck to BRP with this New Boat and Outboard , Underwater Outboard Whatever it's supposed to be?
If they would have done a better job marketing the evinrude etec and proving its ability they would have sold alot more traditional outboards bring back the etec.
Rotax??? You mean re branded evinrude etec😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah this shit is pretty garbage. Just from looking at its design it just screams problems. No doubt it will have moisture problems and I can imagine it will go through seals like no one's business. The trim on this thing must be a fucking nightmare. The huge back desk is because that had to essentially raise the back deck over the transom to fit this semi-submersible engine under the damn boat. What the fuck is with these companies and this ridiculous weekend warrior dad shit these companies are making. This just might be the biggest flop of the decade people. Every company needs to take a line from Toyota and their moto. Just build quality vehicles. You don't see them trying to break the mold with this fancy new shit, but I guarantee you their vehicles will run to 500k on the original engine and transmission with only regular maintenance. Why can't these companies do that. I don't need new and innovative. Give me old, works, and reliable any day or pretty new innovation.
Introducing the first generation Underboard motor 🤦 I reckon nobody will be fishing in shallow water with one of those, save money on buying a jack plate I suppose. Pretty sure that's an E-tec laying horizontal shoved down under the waterline. I can't see how anyone who is a fisherman though that was a good design idea. I hope Alumacraft sells other models with regular fourstrokes or they might not survive this 😂
Bring evinrude back in a 4 stroke OUTBOARD, I think you shot yourself in the foot with this garbage, if you were to sell this garbage it'd be a very small group of people
Let’s get the website working so unfortunate Evinrude owners can use their broke down motors . My boat has been unusable for 6 weeks
How does he keep a straight face! I hope alumicraft can survive this
BRP - please give us an update in a couple years and let us know how that stupid Rotax underwater motor works out for you. In the meantime, get back to work on bringing us an Evinrude outboard again.
LOL I love my 150 etec G1. It will be my last BRP outboard. I just hope I can still get parts and keep it running forever. it is a 2013 I hate BRP now.
Just a little FYI. Leave this off your resume when you are out of a job shortly. It would be #1 reason not to hire you.
The alumacraft is nice bit that engine no thanks
The best thing they could have done was go with the ghost project on the whole company.....hide it under water
DEFINITELY NFL
Not For Long..
BRP Ghost concept is junk, a mercruiser or Volvo penta stern drive would be far better solution for the same form factor.
Otherwise put a standard outboard on the boat and stop selling garbage that boat buyers do not want.
I like the idea but would want some hands on independent reviews and a little time on the market.
WTF is that?
Sorry but this is a complete fail. I hope it is cheap to build. Submerging the engine is dumb. The engineers should all be fired.
That new Rotax is a big POS. 30+ second holeshot, 20mph SLOWER than a traditional outboard. This idea is the absolute worst thing you could have come up with. For that engineer as well as your CEO for allowing that clown to waste money on such a turd sandwich!
This will end badly.
aka 2023 OMC Sea Drive
Once again brp bankrupting itself
Try that on the Yukon River or any silt laden river it will look like someone took a sandblaster to it,gosh I would hate to hit an underwater log with that thing entire boat and motor would be in Davy Jones locker room what is going to happen if the battery goes dead as it inevitably will in TimBuk 2, E.T. phone home I cant start my Underboard cause well..... ITS UNDERWATER!!!!!!!LOL
And Evinrude is gone? This thing is crap
Leave it to BRP to come up with some super terrible ideas first stop producing the best outboard ever evinrude and start making worst idea for outboard ever wow like really bad idea
better keep that engine away from saltwater
What a disaster!
Seriously, it's insulting to think of how many hard working people lost their jobs for this flaming pile of a design concept. Just close the doors and continue to make utv cash cows, and stick to that. My father is rolling over in his grave...
What a complete disaster of a product! This is what happens when you don’t listen to your engineers saying this is a terrible idea, fire them, than go hire a bunch of mid 20 year olds fresh from engineering school that don’t care about the marine industry to begin with. It’s ugly as sin, a 3 cylinder 150hp motor is not going to perform at all, the idea of a motor being pretty much 1/2-3/4 submerged is stupid because eventually that seal is going to rot and start leaking. The flippy deck so the motor can trim almost sounds like you want to get sued when someone is standing on the deck and you trim the motor so you can get through shallow water and they fall off and bust there head or something. I could go on and on on how terrible this is but I got better things to do.
I'm an outboard mechanic and I will tell you this will fail harder the the g2s and fichts combined...if brp really wants to re and then invent the wheel go electric...
The last rendition of the G2 is a fantastic motor that never should have been discontinued
Sorry but……nope
The boat is awesome. The motor is gonna be a joke. Ficht 2.0
Umm yuck…. I am so glad I have a 2018 pre BRP Alumacraft… possibly the worst idea in history made real… sigh…
Wow haha this won’t last
ugliest thing i ever seen !
What a joke.
This thing will be a load s*** just imagine an engine that's submerge underwater do you know what salt water does to engines I do I work on them everyday this is a nail in the coffin The second one seal fails this thing will be submerged and sunk if they sell these just expect class action lawsuit after lawsuit The motor is literally underwater you can't even tilt it out of the water so you can't even store any water at least not salt water maybe freshwater for barnacles will just stick to that thing left and right look like a crab trap that got lost
NO NOPE NEVER WILL NOT EVER OWN ANYTHING THAT FUCKED UP
proven results its called Mercruiser...LOL
15 days in a saltwater lagoon and it will be scrap!
A woop load of complaining will be a cumin. !
Awesome👍 happy owner of a brand new Competitor FSX 175. LOVE my Alumacraft 👌👍
Should of waited for the updated 23’, no?
@@andytaylor2321 no I'm happy with mine and I'm sure new ones alot more and never new they had these coming in 23. Also wanted mine asap lol
Shoulda got a Lund
😂😂😂 SS Minnow
Who in heavens name would be so collossaly stupid to by one of these,BRP makes excellent snowmobiles and watercraft and heck atv/utvs, but c'mon putting their stamp on something like this is so totally asinine, is this merely a concept vehicle that proves a concept that little Tommy Tinker smoking Crack came up with sheeesh!!! How does the average bear service the underboard,and why in heavens name would they just not make an inboard outboard, this thing is a absolute divorce waiting to happen!!
🤦♂️fail in the making.
Nope
Comical with the “underboard”! It’s obviously not going to be reliable propulsion. At least the motor can be used as a large vessel anchor when it fails!
that has to be the dumbest outboards i have ever seen. that will be a nightmare to work on the powerhead. It will also rust apart due to water intrusion, no one will waste money on that piece of trash!!!