That's a bad one.

I had a 450 Foreman and when I looked it up it was actually a 432cc. I think they could of called it a 430 Foreman or even a 440 Foreman at most.

The 450 Grizzly being a 421cc sure makes it sound bigger then it's main compation, the Honda 420 Rancher. Not sure why Honda did not follow suit and call it a 450 Rancher as well.

 

Really ends up being false advertisement when people notice enough to gripe about it..

 

Yes, it annoys me too. I believe the Arctic Cat 500 is like 460. My old Prarie 400 is actually rated 391 so it's not off as bad as some of the others. I say they should round off to the nearest 10th (like the Kawi 360) or pump up the cc's to where they are close.

 

I think it really only matters when you're comparing different brands and the difference in displacement of machines supposedly in the same class makes a difference in performance.

 

To me calling it something by a number 40 or 50cc bigger than what it is is cheating, even though they don't actually say the number is the displacement. Calling something a 1,000 people expect it to be 1,000cc not 950. That's one thing good about my 500. It's actually a 500 (499cc) not 450cc and my friends Grizzly 660 is 660cc. They didn't call it a 700 although they easily could have.

 

They did with the next Grizzly after the 660. The 700 Grizzly is a 686cc not much bigger then a Honda 680 Rincon which Honda does not call a 700.

The 680 Rincon is really a 675cc but Honda did not call it a 700 like most would do.

 

A little research before you buy eliminates the need to worry about this. Simply look up the specs if you want to really know. By the way, my Rancher 350 is only 329cc but it doesn't really matter to me. In the end you buy the machine your budget will allow, regardless of how many cc's it really has.