Do me a favor and open your eyes and know that the end all be all is not the Speed UTV. Yes we all agree the overall design of the frame is better than the competition and the suspension design appears to be on point and the material he uses for the suspension arms is much better. Is the Speed perfect? No, I still see room for improvement, small improvements. You just admitted it's superiority in all of the important areas, just not in the debatable gimmick area. I don't want or need gimmicks.
Any company that is in the Sport UTV manufacture business that does not look at what the competition is doing is stupid and will be doomed to fail. They will get left in the dust if they do not take a peek and see what their competitors might be doing better. That's why I asked you to point out what Polaris is doing better. Besides putting out slick advertising videos. :lol:
You don't think Polaris and Can Am will not grab a Speed UTV at some point and have a look? Although they may not have to as all the CAD drawings and design is out there. Of course they will have a look. Searching in vain for a ball joint, somewhere - anywhere! :lol:
Off the top of my head - The new wheeling bearing design is much better. I guess you don't thing a 5 lug would be stronger either. Their wheel bearing is stronger than their previous ones, but guess who has an even larger bearing in an even stronger hub? You know who! :lol: I do think 5 lug COULD be stronger than 4 lug, if the lugs are equal strength. How often do you see the lugs sheer off, as opposed to the ball joints popping off? If you watch the Shock Therapy video, they found out their broken wheel studs had been too brittle, they tested the Rockwell hardness with a machine. See, there is more to it than just the number of lugs. The material and hardness matters as well, so I can't comment on the strength of their 5 lug setup until then. You are correct, 5 shitty lugs is better than just 4 shitty lugs.
The clutches are much larger than any other and the ducting set up for air flow behind and in front of the clutches as well as the clutch cover itself. Now you're on to something. It does look very well designed. I wonder who designed it for them. There's no arguing larger dia. clutches is better for belt temps/life and the cooling looks like it might be effective. I sure hope so, since they mounted the clutches behind the seats. You know, like the old 900. History repeats itself!
The transmission set up to the motor. The new front diff they are using that has a 1:1 ratio for better traction out of the hole and pulling you through the corners. I'm confused. Don't all of them have the same diff ratio front and rear?
You say not to list the technology stuff, but that is also what will separate the Polaris from Speed and other competitors. The new Dynamic suspension set up is quite sophisticated and has a lot going on. More adjustability with the settings means the average user will not need shock work done (you know the selling point of Speed). That's a WILD assumption on your part. Yes it gives the driver a pushbutton on the dash, but how much it varies the valving and if it's the correct valving is yet to be seen. If it's so awesome, why did RJ use his own shocks in the lowrider and drifting video? The STOCK ones should have been just fine, following your assumptions.
Ride Command is a built in GPS unit with some other cool features (look another thing the consumer would not have to buy). You want to gloss over the throttle settings that allow the driver to switch the throttle response? These are all things that will lure a consumer to purchase one. I think those are gimmicks. I added Lowrance GPS to my rides. No big deal, I certainly would NOT buy a vehicle just because that was in the dash. Adjustable throttle response? Might be useful, although experienced drivers probably know how to adjust the throttle. With their foot.
