Acceleration, top speed, mid-season mileage averages, wet weights, mid-season reviews,
AmSnow brings you all this exclusive data in our 2008 Real World Shoot-Out. You want data? We got it.
This is the only place you can get all of this easily comparable info from an independent test, with no dealer or manufacturer meddling. Let the chips fall where they may!
We didn't do dry weights because we wanted to show consumers what their snowmobile REALLY weighs when they ride it. We show you the sled times and speeds at various distances so you can apply it to how you race your buddies on the lakes. Simply put, if you read it here, you can believe it.
Are you a mountain rider? Check our independent Powder Sled Evals coming soon!
600 DuelsWe compared two price-sensitive liquids this year in the Ski-Doo TNT and Polaris Shift. So how do they compare roll in the Real World? The TNT wins the weight battle hands down at only 499 lbs. fully wet. The Shift tipped the scale at 561 lbs. wet. The TNT hit a top speed of 91.89 mph, which was extremely close to the Shift's top speed of 92.04 mph.
We also tested the Vector GT and Cat F6 LXR. The Vector got the best mileage of any sled in our entire fleet this year at an AmSnow tested 16 mpg. Vector actually had the second fastest ET of the 120-horse sleds in the ¼-mile at 13.52 seconds. The TNT was quickest, but not by much.
The Cat F6 LXR was last on the top speed and acceleration ladder by a significant margin. At 87.9 mph top speed, it gave up almost 4 mph to the TNT and feels more like a 500 liquid than a 600. This is a heavy machine at 649 lbs. wet, and our gas mileage was a meager 9.2 mpg.
Even moreWe also tested the Polaris 600RR and the Yamaha FX Nytro as well as three long-tracked sleds. Info on the Ski-Doo Renegade 800R, Yamaha Apex LTX and Polaris Switchback 700 can all be seen in this month's issue and
on the premium member's side here. Take a look for all the hard-core data and riding impressions!