Actually these dealers carry multiple brands of UTV's and have them lined up in rows to pick from. I suspect it has something to do with keeping the service department busy year around. One actually stated to me how the Honda's aren't built like they used to be,,,blah,blah,blah. I will believe it when I personally have seen it, my three wheelers, ranchers, foremans have been bullet proof going on 20 years I have owned them.
When I was shopping I was deciding between the RZR 570 trail EPS or the P5, I stopped at a dealer who had both in stock the Honda was 8,999 and the RZR was about 12,000 (I cant remember exactly) When I told the salesman I liked them both but that was a big price difference he told me they had way more room to negotiate on the RZR and that he could get that price down a lot more on a RZR than a P5. I had a friend buy a P7 a couple weeks ago from a different dealer. They had Rangers and the P7 in stock and were pushing him toward the Ranger. I think the profit margins are probably not as good on the Hondas as the other brands and this is why they are pushing the others. I also think that these multi line dealers may sell just enough of the Hondas to keep the brand and prevent another dealer from opening in their territory.
I went for a ride last week with 11 different SXS and 4 wheelers, here is how the 200 mile ride worked out.
1. Kawasaki brute force with some kind of a belt light coming on so it was parked because the driver was scared it would break.
2. brand new 570 sportsman over heating because of a plugged radiator. (he didn't go through any mud holes that the rest of the group didn't hit)
3. Polaris 570 Ranger and Polaris 850 sportsman with power steering glitches ( both are less than 300 miles)
4. the only machine that had to be pulled because of being stuck was an outlander.
I have been on a Honda since 1987 and have ridden with groups riding all makes. I cant remember ever working on a Honda on the trail but I can remember working on lots of other brands.
