Years ago when I worked with Mike Quadrini at his Polaris dealership I checked with Polaris about motor possibilities --- quite frankly they were NOT interested. The, to us, marvelous F440 race car was of little interest to them. The ridiculously small number of engines we use in a year (most large dealerships in northern climates sell more sleds of individual sizes 400, 500 600 etc) wouldn't mean anything to their overall profit margin. About all they would concede was the possibility of making a short block available but not for any discount. They certainly would not have made any guarantee that production would continue beyond the current year. The fact that Bombardier and Rotax have taken any interest at all is major - as for the 440 race engines - I don't know how they are right now but there is constant development ($$$$$$) each year ----- a new one each year?? I am, unfortunately, not offering any solution but I just want people to realize that we are not major players in the snowmobile market - if a franchised dealer couldn't sell at least 20 sleds per year it would probably lose its franchise - does Tony even sell 20 engines per year to the group? I find it even difficult to believe that Tony can make a profit on the engines since he has to lay out the $$$ to stock them and then wait for the demand (Thanks Tony for your support these past years). ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________
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