Textron Off Road's 2018 Wildcat XX
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- Dirt Trax received an invite from Textron Off Road to test out the all-new 2018 Wildcat XX in California. While there, we get some insight on the design of the vehicle from professional racecar driver, Robby Gordon.
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Build quality is far above my rzr ., hands down. Handles great. A bit faster than my re flashed xp4 1000. But through rough sections of Baja? I can go much faster in the XX! The suspension is a bit soft, but never bottomed out. Good stuff!
Love how that tire came up and smashed the fender
Love how you got it all wrong, the tire didn't hit the fender, the belly hit the ground causing the entire car to shake from the impact.
It looks fine what yall talkin about?
Will there be any sport quad content this summer?
The symmetrical rear trailing arms are a fantastic idea. Front shocks mounted to lower arms and the rear bed tray are very innovative. This machine should be competitive with other machines in its class.
Fabulous video guys. Entertaining and informational from start to finish. Gorgeous footage.
Thank you!
How long before you do some testing and comparisons of this XX with other machine and time test around one of your testing trails ??? I hope soon . Thanks
Great video Luke! Good seeing you out there.
Dirt trax guys have the best jobs ever must be nice
Back when cat first introduced the wildcat it was supposed to be a game changer...and it was, for the guys working the A-C parts counter during the summer months. If textron wants to grab some of the market share, this thing (along with the havoc) will have to hold up & perform far better than their past offerings did.
I am an Arctic Cat Dealer as well as Can-Am and Polaris, I would agree with ROTAXD, the bar has been raised so high by AC's counterparts, its going to be expensive to take the crown away from the other players.
i have a wildcat trail as well as a bunch of guys in the atv clubs im a member of and problems are very rare. ive never had a single problem yet with my wildcat and we all love them
How long before you give this machine a serious test ?
When are you guys going to do an in depth review of the Textron XX?
We will be doing further coverage on the Textron Off Road Wildcat XX early on in our upcoming season of Dirt Trax. A full Test Ride is planned for later in the season. Thanks for tuning in!
It is whats underneath is what matters now a days. The nose looks like a nissan frontier with the headlights it has. But the suspension looks ridiculously cool. And smoother
I think this might be my favorite sidee by side know it looks in a way in the front like a pre runner
Atv Tony it looks like something you'd see as a prop on the set of a mid 1980's b sci-fi movie.
unfortunately this won't compete with the x3 or the new rzr s turbo as it only has 125 hp, and I'm a Kawasaki fan but thinking of switching brand do to the Kawasaki falling way behind. anyway the xx looks promising I'm sure it will still be a lot of fun to ride.
Jamie Cerasoli it's not meant to compete with a turbo. It's not a turbo. It is, though, the most powerful non turbo side by side ever built. But if you need a boost, bolt on turbos are available right now.
To think I almost got an engineering job with textron/arctic cat... After the style changes I'm not sure I'm upset anymore
Can’t wait till mine comes in
Dean Werges shoulda bought a x3
no x3 for me or popo
I mean I hope it performs good cause it’s got looks only a mother could love. 🤮
There is no content here. This is the manufacture's mouthpiece reading from his script.
its a preview... they said they'll be doing a review later in the season
love mine!!
What song is played in the first few seconds??????????????????????
Where is the razor turbo s
Follow the huge flames and you'll find it.....
Optimiss prime?
I just don’t see how it’s going to compete that well with the competition for what they priced it at! Can get a 2018 rzr turbo for under 17k here in America.
Jp 1990 not true, tell me where I can pick up a new Rzr Turbo for $17k
Justice bdone I priced them last month at abernathys the worlds largest volume polaris dealership and they were selling them for $16694 out the door. U pay the tax when u title it in your state.
Jp 1990 Wow that's crazy, here in Canada an RZR turbo is 30k.
Trails in colorado are only 50" limit so this won't work out here.
I do hope they put on some grease zirks like yamaha, polaris and canam.... OR maybe make the inner joints of UHMWPE. Got real tired of egged out joints on the old Wildcat.
buggiwhip zirks aplenty on this car
buggiwhip cat/textron has always been the bottom of the barrel as far as their sxs. My guess is that yes, there will be grease fittings. But to offset the cost of the fittings they'll likely use junk bushings that compress or split when the machine is pushed.
You are a true fucking idiot. Clearly you don't like the damn thing, so instead of going on with your shitty life you hang around like a buzzard knocking on it constantly. My guess is you can't guess any fucking thing for shit, go guzzle some more haterade bitch boy!
TXC COS --- Normally I don't lower myself to exchange with low lifes who use F-bombs to form their first sentence ... But I wonder where you get this "constantly knocking it" ... Do I know you?
I've had a blast with my Wildcat machines but the repairs and modifications to fix things that were under engineered and not properly tested has had me working on the machines 5 hours for every hour of fun.
I have 50 years of off road experience on bikes and buggies --- The Wildcat was a great advancement in 'thinking' when it first hit the market in 2012 but simply not up to the hammering in the actual application. I'm certain the XX will be miles better in reliability. As I hammer thru the boulders in Colorado and Utah I want the machine to take it without need for modification and with minimal maintenance. The XX has fixed the dismal steering system, doubled the size of the wheel bearings beefed the transmission and diffs along with dozens of other things... it will, no doubt, be a far better machine.
looks like the Can-am Maverick X3 has sparked the other SxS makers to step up their games
Did Articat sale merge or something? Are they building all made in America know or still seeing Suzuki?
Textron off road purchased AC last year. No more AC atvs or utvs but they kept the AC name for the snowmobiles. Dirt Trax has a good video on it look it up
No more Suzuki power plants... yamaha powers most of their 4 stroke sleds and now the xx
Paul Mccallum in typical "cat" fashion they're still using another manufacturers motor & ecu (same mill as the yxz). We'll see if textron improves the reliability over the 1st gen wildcats suspension.
what a beast
Robby Gordon did a fantastic job. Textron Offroad is coming after Polaris and Can Am and they better be ready. This car is an amazing ride and drive.
David Gustin c'mon. Cat/artco/textron has had a few "genius" moments in the powersports industry since the 60's but no real game changers. They had the wankel rotary motors in 69 or 70 which were a huge flop. They had the first mass produced ifs sled in the 77 trail cat...another undependable flop. They won the big displacement battle for a year or two and claimed biggest hp twin with the 650 wildcat (a suzuki motor)...then throughout the 90's they had a plethora of different ifs setups which all regularly broke when pushed., then they introduced that pos diamond drive that was supposed to be some great awakening for power transfer...which was also junk but for some reason, they were able to convince yamaha that they "needed to have" cat's diamond drive...hence the merger that introduced the yama-cat. Somewhere along the line they introduced the wildcat and the wildcat trail which were supposed to be game changers for the entire sxs industry...which turned out to be a massive fail. Bent arms, shocks etc became the norm for those of us with friends who owned cats. Now, robby gordon may have designed something great, but hopefully trxtron/cat does not bastardize it into something that has far more dnf's than finishes just to cut costs.
David Gustin give me a break. Cat/textron has been 4th in the running in both offroad & snow for 20 + years. In order to become competitive in the snow they had to get into bed with yamaha...oh, and look, they even got into bed with yammi on their mill for the sxs wars with a clone of the yxz motor. As far as running down brp and polaris...I doubt it. Polaris has 50+ of the market share and brp has over 20%.
IF they suck so bad quit being the biggest tool in the shed and dont watch ?ride your can am and Polaris / Mexican pieces of shit
David Gustin it will never catch polaris. Maybe in 20 years. Arctic junk only has 9% of the market and on the verge of sinking until textron bought them. Polaris has 41% of the market. It will be extremely had to beat that. Not only that, Polaris has toons more options and accessories that this thing
ROTAXD actually polaris is made in Canada and the u.s.
awesome ride !!
To all the haters, its not an artic cat, and it has a yamaha engine, i looked at this thing and its better built than any other side by side, thicker axles and arms, better suspension, better roll cage, everything is easy access, sorry just ain't turbocharged
And slower than the xp1k and yxz. Also bottoms hard off a 4 ft jump
Well, if RG is designing this rig. it will be built to the hilt!
Now Robbie you have to get with Greg Biffle and build even a better ride.
John jay drott its got the yamaha motor... hmmmm big power possibility for similar mods that work on the new t cat and sidewinder im thinking will adapte here too.. turbo it.
I hope it's built better than their ATV's. I needed a second ATV for my wife and son, so I bought a TRV 700 yesterday. The fit and finish is horrendous compared to my 15 Rubicon or my current Outlander 800. Christ, the shift lever doesn't even come close to lining up with the indicator next to it, it just feels cheap. I have considerable regrets that I bought something from this company.
I should add that it also got stuck in high range and wouldn't shift out to start again, had to frig with it for about 15 minutes to get it to park, and the engine sounds like the valves are noisy and it's only got 15 miles on it. It's fucking awful.
I don't always do trails in Moab... But when I do some fucker on a rented SXS thinks he's all that.
anyone got a link to the rest of this ?
Already looks like it’s 5 years old
but out performs everything else
Tyler Baldwin no it doesn’t.
Already being heavily discounted because they know that they will not sell.
that suspension is far more advanced than the x3 and rzr
Tyler Baldwin oh, it is, is it ? We'll see how many podiums that super advanced suspension gives cat/textron in this coming season in the stock classes. If they're true to their heritage they'll have far more dnf's than podium finishes (or finishes at all).
Textron? Never heard of it 🤔
Huge international manufacturing company, I think they even build the V22 osprey for the Marines
Cuz massive companies with defense contracts worth billions in R&D don't need to advertise their name to the common public. Cessna? Bell? planes and helicopters mostly for the civilian sector? Owned by Textron.
The same as big names like GD / BAE / Raytheon / Boeing / Lockheed
Whats the powerplant???
tuned yamaha 3 cyl. 125hp
Izom sweet thanks for the reply. Wish they would slap one in a Grizzly lol
EVERYDAY TATER The Grizz will have something with some low grunt . They could add another cyl to make it a 1400cc in-line and it would be awesome but..This engine is a high rev , wring it’s neck power ! Perfect for a SXS .
JDRTRM JDRTRM i hear ya brother. Im just a big griz fan and tired of being at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to power.
EVERYDAY TATER . It’s got a big following! Very reliable all the way around ! Some guys may have more power but do they have more skills !?!? Do some things and the Grizz HP goes up some ,and it’s lighter then the others . Would be sweet if they added another cylinder. Inline twin with over 100hp . Just 1 more cylinder. 1400cc . It would be sweet !
And for all that greatness, you still get a rubber belt drive. It's just ridiculous.
Good for mud guys? Everyone knows cats don’t swim
What??? No KING shocks.. more FOX?
That was one of Textron's requirements. The feedback from consumers was clear that the majority of consumers wanted a well known "name brand" shock. Even though you and I (and anyone who knows shocks) know Elka and King are far superior, the majority of consumers know and like the Fox product.
I beleive going forward it will be an option to choose your shock package.
I went to the dealer show in Vegas at the end of February and that was probably the most asked question by dealers. The answer we seemed to keep getting was "The Fox QS3 Shocks are more versatile to fit every rider's needs, from dunes to trail to mud and everything in between. King shocks are aimed more at wide open areas like the dunes out west."
Hope that helps
Why do you say that
Damn wrong wildcat wrong video
Stop calling it a car
When i first saw the XX im like its ugly. Seeing it out on the trail its so much better to look at. Its growing on me..... hmmmm trade in coming?
The only thing that gets me is the weight! 1,800lbs!
B Breckner holy heck.... miss piggy
lol, but its from everything being beefed up!
Look at the weight for Polaris' new RZR XP Turbo S. The weight gain is in chassis and structural bracing. You will not notice it from the driver's seat, I know I didn't
where did you find the specs? 1800 pounds sounds a little high... i was thinking around 1500
For the mud guys 😂 nope if it gets stuck where the hell are you going to hook to there’s not even a hitch
From the front it looks like a Cobra.
Cool
Thank God Dirt Trax television actually put something out that is actually in support of artic cat/textron.. that new car is bad ass. .and as a matter of fact i want one especially because i want a vehicle that will ''KILL'' polaris ... grinn ear to ear.......... :)
I really thought Textron was gonna kill it, AC released publicity stuff early last year than the Sale happened and the XX disapeared till now.
Ended up buying a YXZ last year cuz Textron never mentioned bringing back the XX =/ Shame on me.
Ken I highly doubt they're gonna "Kill" polaris. Especially if these cat's suspension reliability is on par with the last generation of wildcat.
me likey!
Belt driven? I’ll buy a Yamaha YXZ!
Yxz shit is slow af my bros 4 seater turbo rzr spanked that garbage with 4 fat ass mofos inside.
Hideous
heh, I think it looks better than any other SxS on the market, imo. Minus the brand new RZR XP Turbo S
Yeah I have to agree with the other,s here it is ugly as hell and will prolly get dusted by both the Can Am and Polaris model,s.. Revamped Artic Cat?? I don't think so.
Definitely under-powered. Would love to see a factory turbo.
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and kill yamahack too
it uses the yamaha motor. only 125 hp. Not sure how well its going to sell with those high HP rigs running around. Especially being that its priced higher than the competition in its HP range.
Factory turbos are coming, also it seems like they've figured out the cvt setup. King of the hammers it was pulling away from turbos.
well then, we will have to see what happens. should be interesting.
Jack Landers all the hp in the world means nothing if the platform it's in does not stay together. If textron has really decided to go after the competition, the wildcat will have to be able to both finish races & hold up to the weekend warriors (aka: the "hold my beer and watch this" crowd). The last wildcats were not up to the task.
your propably right! Unfortunately Artic Cat is always late showing up... they need to build a car with 250hp.. one that will decimate everything! one with a 110mph governed at 86.. two keys.. crazy key.. make it over the top because that is where the 2019 Polaris is.. its bad ass.. I love the underdog and I love American made.. yamahack is helping artic cat.. IDK brother.. The Polaris even cools the belt in a new way.. that machine is pissed off.. Artic Cat needs to be Voodo Evil to kill the Polaris.. just sayin..
wildcat XX....full gay....
Yxz is better