How many XP's were built last year?

[Rocky]

I heard a number of like 13,000 XP's were sold in 08 (or built and still in a crate somewhere)..

I'd be curious to get that number and compare it to the total sales of Polaris, Cat, Etc...

There in lies the truth about the real percentage of failure rates etc. I'm not saying they didn't have issues with belts, drivers, but man, I'm tired of people complaining when I only know of 2-3 people out of 30+ I know that flat love their XP's. At the end of the day, it's a leap ahead of everyone else performance wise.

Anybody seen BRP stats or at a dealer who knows?

 

[Chubbydog]

I think they were right around 50-52% of mountain sled sales. The other 3 combined sold about as many as Doo. I don't think it will be quite as high this year, as Polaris is building allot more 800's. They had a limited build & it hurt there sales. JMO.

 

[Blu Du]

50,000+ xp includes all xps

 

[plumnuts]

I don't know but for the 146 ones, I got number 1

 

[quickdraw]

50,000+ xp includes all xps

Give the man a cupie doll. We have a winner.

 

[Reeb]

Yeah that's what i was told too. 50k. Supplier can supply 1000 shafts a month. Some peeps are gonna be mad if they are the last ones gettin new shafts this time next year.

 

[slyrydr]

yeah, ski-doo wants everyone to get the shaft...right ski-doo?...but there's no problem with the shaft, well, maybe a few....but hey, everyone's got fat bank accounts to helio out their sled, right?...and warranties?, well if your problem doesn't have 50 k others to threaten them with a lawsuit, well then they just ignore you.....but i didn't buy a new xp this year, and my wife was due a new sled, and liked the looks of the new blue summit with the electric start...didn't sell her one either.....and my friend decided on a poo, largely because doo wouldn't do what's right.....did your bean-counters think about that ski-doo?.....manufacturers that don't honor warranties will eventually go away....and their lawyers/bean-counters will just sycophant onto someone else

 

[0neoldfart]

My 2 cents.

yeah, ski-doo wants everyone to get the shaft...right ski-doo?...but there's no problem with the shaft, well, maybe a few....but hey, everyone's got fat bank accounts to helio out their sled, right?...and warranties?, well if your problem doesn't have 50 k others to threaten them with a lawsuit, well then they just ignore you.....but i didn't buy a new xp this year, and my wife was due a new sled, and liked the looks of the new blue summit with the electric start...didn't sell her one either.....and my friend decided on a poo, largely because doo wouldn't do what's right.....did your bean-counters think about that ski-doo?.....manufacturers that don't honor warranties will eventually go away....and their lawyers/bean-counters will just sycophant onto someone else

I don't own a doo right now, but I've owned ski-doo since the 80's. I understand it sucks to be choppered out - been there once myself over the years - I pulled out lots of Cats with blown chaincases, too. If you think that BRP knew they were going to have a driveshaft issue, you are mistaken. Every manufacturer tries to get it right the first time - certainly you realize that warranty claims are paid for by the manufacturer, which takes a lot of money out of their profit. They have addressed the problem by warranty and by recalling the affected sleds - it is unfortunate that it wasn't quickly enough for some people. I work in the oilfield industry, and there was a ton of Duramax diesel trucks parked during a cold snap last year with blown transmissions - some people waited 3 months, and had to pay out of pocket for thier rentals (a minivan doesn't do well off-road). I think the problems with the XP were few, and were handled as soon as possible based on service scheduling / parts availability. I'm betting the failure rate on the XP's wasn't more then 20% maybe 10,000 sleds tops.