I had a 2018 General Deluxe. Sold it to buy the talon. The two are built for different missions. General is right between work and play, and does each reasonably well. Talon is what I'd call pure sport. To be fair, you'd compare the pioneer and General.
Compared to the Talon, the General had a nice sized dump box with tailgate. Talon, a flat space big enuf for a large cooler. As mentioned, similar hp. Polaris was a little lower price than talon, about $6000 less in fact! Polaris has more nice accesories than anyone. The General has about half the suspension travel as the Talon, but the Deluxe with fox qs3 shocks rides very plush compared to the Talon with twice the travel. So I'm guessing the talon could carry a much higher speed thru very rough terrain. Seats are about the same. The General had a much better seat than the polaris RZR models come with. General is belt drive, so that's a factor in remote areas. General came with receiver for hitch. General deluxe came with a winch. General comes stock with a great electrical accessory power bus under the hood, makes adding stuff a breeze. The General Deluxe came with a radio, and I didn't think I'd use it, but found if I was working on something, like fencing, or gardening, and the General was standing by, I would use the tunes. The general has a lot more built in storage. Overall quality of the General was lower than talon, but not so much it would bother me. Of all the polaris sxs models, the General has my respect (and I still own a RZR too) .
To be fair, you should be comparing the General Deluxe with the Pioneer 1000. They are more similar missions. To compare the Talon with a similar mission polaris, look at a polaris RZR 1000. The RZR models are less expensive than the Generals. Don't ask me why.
