Hondas growth?!? they sell a fraction of what they used to sell in the performance "boom" of the eighties.Their reliability is the same now as it was twenty years ago and to say that a companies reliability would go down after manufacturing a sport quad is absurd, if anything it would go up.Sport quads are used harder, and thus must be stronger and more reliable than a utility counterpart.If AC builds a sport quad it would be as reliable as their current utilty machines and as the company grew (which it would if they built a sport quad) reliabilty would increase.

 

For what it's worth here's my two cents . . .

If a company tries to be everything to everybody something has to give. I'd like to see AC come out with a HD (heavy duty) edition for guys like Cowboy before they try their hand at sport machines. Besides, they already have the LE (limited edition) for guys like me who hunt and play more than we work. In fact, maybe the relationship with Massey-Ferguson will yeild something like this.

Then again, I might enjoy seeing a 650+ Arctic Cat Saber Tooth Tiger (prehistoric pun on Raptor) sitting in my garage next to the utilities. Which to ride . . . hummm?