{"id":1438,"date":"2010-09-09T07:55:15","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T11:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smallvehicles.wordpress.com\/?p=1438"},"modified":"2010-09-09T07:55:15","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T11:55:15","slug":"new-polaris-offerings-for-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/09\/new-polaris-offerings-for-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"New Polaris Offerings For 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Between family vacation and the launch of our <a title=\"New STOV Study\" href=\"http:\/\/smallvehicles.wordpress.com\/new-stov-market-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">latest STOV study<\/a> It&#8217;s been a few weeks since my last post so there have been some developments in the market to catch up on.?? I&#8217;ll start with the introduction by Polaris of their 2011 product line.?? Despite a down economy they have been able take market share and be aggressive in the product development with new vehicles targeting specific market segments and improvements to existing models.?? New vehicles include the <em>RANGER<\/em> 500 EFI, <em>RANGER<\/em> CREW 500 and <em>RANGER<\/em> Diesel. The latter targets the agriculture segment where diesel is the preferred fuel.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Enhancements to current product offerings include increased        power to <em>RANGER<\/em> XP 800 and <em>RANGER<\/em> XP 800 EPS, and power        steering on the Polaris Pursuit Camo <em>RANGER<\/em> CREW 800. All 2011 <em>RANGER<\/em> products, with the exception of <em>RANGER <\/em>EV, will be outfitted with        easy-buckle driver and passenger safety nets.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The <em>RANGER RZR<\/em> line will have even more razor sharp performance         with a new look that increases cooling airflow by 29 percent,  provides a        30 percent improvement in range and delivers increased  performance as a        result. <\/em>The <em>RANGER RZR<\/em> 800 will receive six percent more power         with the addition of the 800 H.O. engine and be more trail-friendly with         new rear rack extenders. ??<em><em><\/em><em>RANGER RZR<\/em> S 800 will feature new        big bore shocks,  be the first stock vehicle to feature ITP 900 XCT tires        and will  be available in two premium painted editions along with a         standard edition, which will receive a new lower price. For razor sharp         performance for four, Polaris will offer the <em>RANGER RZR 4 <\/em>800in         two Robby Gordon packages, a painted black and red limited  edition and a        power steering version that includes Robby  Gordon-inspired graphics.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The company also launched the civilian version of their EV LSV which originally targeted the government market and added new parts and accessories for vehicles across the product line.?? <a title=\"Polaris 2011 Lineup\" href=\"http:\/\/motorsportsnewswire.wordpress.com\/2010\/07\/28\/polaris-debuts-2011-product-line-0728105\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Learn more:?? 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I&#8217;ll start with the introduction by Polaris &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/09\/new-polaris-offerings-for-2011\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,18,19,26,27],"tags":[431,769,2189,1000,1026,1047,1057,1181],"class_list":["post-1438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electric-vehicles","category-nev","category-new-vehicle","category-technology","category-utility-vehicles","tag-electric-vehicle","tag-low-speed-vehicle","tag-polaris","tag-polaris-industries","tag-product-launch","tag-ranger","tag-razor","tag-side-by-side"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}