No snowmobiles at our 2021 Rode Reports testing event generated as much discussion – or, more directly, and many varied opinions – as the new Blast 4000s from Arctic Cat (and related SXVenoms from Yamaha). Even when test riding other snowmobiles with no Blasts in sight, if a trailside break lasted more than 10 minutes it seems the conversation would lead back to the Blasts and Venoms.
Some members of our team test deemed the low-powered, 7/8th size sleds a grand slam home run – meaning a sure-fire hit with a sizeable customer based that was sure to gobble them up. “These guys are going to sell a ton of these machines!” one test team member said confidently about a dozen times over the course of the week.
Sticking with the baseball analogy, other testers considered them a solid single that could possibly be legged out to a double, with “I can envision the market” and “for the right customer they seem pretty good” sort of comments.
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