They are not going to show there 2022's just yet. If they had any up there, they are probably covered in the old plastic. I dont see much change on the mountain sleds anyway though as they are pretty new to begin with.
2022?
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When is the estimated information release? Anyone know if twin rails will be available? I'm torn between riding my 16 Sno Pro for this season and snowchecking a 2022 or picking up a black 2019 leftover and selling my 16. Just don't want to be disappointed in colours/no twin rail option.
Cat's due for a new sled. They need to stay relevant. The Alpha is a good sled but has too many fixes to make it a great sled, time for a new chassis. Reliability has been so so with the 2018+ cats as well, main reason for selling mine. Reviving the Black Cat's shows a bit of commitment for the future but even Arctic Cat's ATV and SXS haven't seen anything exciting in years. It would be great to see a lighter raised chassis with a bigger power plant but I won't be holding my breath for a new sled.
They actually don't need that much. Raise it up like an elevate kit. Clean up the dual steering abortion in front of steering post with a new fuel tank and steering column without all the slop. Would love to see them revamp their oil and gas tank to something similar to the skinz tank. Weight centered up and people don't realize how nice the narrowness of the tank is. A better design on the intake so they will run in deep snow. Not that there is a problem this year. A better set of running boards that tree branches don't go through. They run good but still think they need boost or an 850 to stay relevant. I would be good with a hood change. I always want to grab that piece on the front of hood. Surprisingly haven't broke it. Just alot of little things.
Id like to see a new engine but their chassis is awesome, that sled rides way better then my axys ever did and the sled just doesnt get stuck like the other brands, maybe thats the track being so good im not sure. A new engine or turbo would go a really long ways, along with a better intake, steering post needs some serious love, and maybe taller spindles.
They are not going to show you what the new sleds will be. I would bet that they are just using the existing plastic over what's new under the hood
Well the sleds I saw literally had the 60th anniversary logo on the hood similar to the 2012 sleds 50th logo. They had a film crew there with cameras hanging off the sleds. This is how they create their brochure pictures/videos. We were stopped and asked if we could leave Brooks Lake so they could film without us in background. I only saw a few of the sleds but the Hardcores I saw had nothing visually different on the exterior other than BNG. They did say 8000 on the hood but who knows. There was a Blast with the Riot twin rail skid. The only other sled I noticed was a couple T-cats which appeared same but idk. Hopefully something in the lineup will be new.
February 18th is there release date! Hopefully we see more weight drop, I would love to see a factory turbo, new chassis. But we will see
Were the hardcores you saw twin rail or alpha?
I can't see them bringing out a new chassis, they could change seat/plastics/steering/suspension all with the same chassis not to mention drop weight. As cool as a supercharger would be there Is no way Cat is releasing a $30,000 sled.
Why would it be 30k? Not even close
Being that all the sponsored rides and high demand for the elevate kit or something similar from another company I hope factory looks at doing like that. I think between that and a better intake system, possible twin rail system as well I think those are good options for a 2022 sled
I was at my Arctic Cat dealership today and was told twin rail will be an option. Who knows, but yes fix all the little stuff.
The two Hardcores I saw were alpha not twin rail. But I didn't see any Mt Cat so there hopefully will be several other models that weren't there at the time I was.
Almost time for the b!tching threads to start when they roll em out! Bunch of minor tweaks making the sled better that nobody will see until this fall like usual. People really expect a new big sled in a "pandemic" year thats kinda funny. And a lawsuit. Id expect a '22 alpha to cost about 4k less than a good poo/doo model like the deals they had goin last spring.
The ES models them dealers always have sitting around and try to push down your throat need the most improvement. such a weight/manuverability penalty still.
The ES models them dealers always have sitting around and try to push down your throat need the most improvement. such a weight/manuverability penalty still.
They haven't had any notable updates since the alpha came out.(Okay-ATAC is cool but you never hear anything about it, no hype at all!) If 2022 is BNGs, that'll be the 4th year of basically the same sled.
In that time, Ski-Doo has released the Expert model and the factory turbo, and Polaris released the Khaos and had some decent updates with the QD2 and new 3.5" pitch tracks, and in 2022 they'll likely move the mountain sleds to the Matryx chassis.
Some may feel Cat doesn't need to change much, if anything, but the reality is that they need significant updates if they don't want to keep watching their market share slip more and more every year. They need the next 2005 M-series-level debut to get customers excited about the brand again, and then they need to market the crap out of it!
I honestly think that they don't have any hope of gaining market share without releasing a completely new chassis or factory boost. The average consumer still looks at the 2021 and sees it as a 2012 with different plastics and a monorail, which keyboard warriors love to hate.
Only have to spend about a minute riding a stock 2012 and a stock 2021 to clearly understand they are not even close to the same sled.
You would be a damn fool buying any 2022 that is significantly different then the 21s. Don’t care what brand it is. Not the year for big changes.
AC should play it smart and only release bng and a few changes to refine handling. Bring back a twin rail option. Offer a 4 year warranty on a snow check and pricing at or below $13k.
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