you'll probably need the jeep to pull the loaded utv on a trailer to the trails. then the utv can take over. once high centered, you'll need the jeep to pull it out and take it home?

 

don't get me wrong, i support yamaha. i own stock in yamaha. i own yamaha atvs. i really like yamaha! but that utv ain't for me. i'm an optimistic realist.

 

Can,t fit it in the truck and it has 900lbs in passengers alone , let alone what that thing weighs itself.
Turning radius of a RV.
Cost more then a good used Jeep.
Not much fun for the poor guys in the middle when its time to bail out.
The middle back seat person will have nothing to look at scenery wise .

Odd Machine for sure.

 

I could see where this might make a good service vehicle. Get a group of six and some gear to a limited access area. Not a difficult access area for sure.

I just don't see this as being something you'll see a lot of out on the trails.

 

Its so wide and long that it could never maneuver and difficult narrow, rough and twisty off road trails. It would be limited to trails a pick up truck or Suv could handle but now you need a helmet.

 

True. But from a company standpoint, you could use a truck to trailer it and some other equipment in, give them cheap (you know they would) helmets and under the price of a six person suv or pick up.


Ok, I'm just trying to rationalize a way this is a good vehicle.

I'm not even convincing myself.

 

construction in industrial settings are starting to use these crew cab machines to move employees around the jobsite due to not burning much fuel, seats a lot of folks, and you don't have anyone in the back of a pickup. i see that as this vehicle's future.

 

I think Yamaha should try to make a smaller 50" wide Viking with the 550 Grizzly engine in it, very similar to the new 500 Pioneer from Honda and could compete head to head with the 570 Rzr from Polaris. Just put 2 seats in it, you're not going to be able to fit 3 people in a 50" wide machine. I can see this huge 6 person machine being used at say a huge railroad yard or something like that where you need to move several people around at once but its so huge and expensive that it would be a lot cheaper to buy a used 4x4 truck or suv to do the same thing that also has a full cab and heat and a/c and you can lock it up for security. I'm sure you can buy a full cab and heater for the Viking, but that only ads to the cost.

 

This is a quote from the motorcycle forum I'm in, discussing the same vehicle.


"I'd rather remove the doors and trunk lid from my Corolla.
Same size, same money, more power!!!"

 

Polaris already made one of these once.. did they sell?