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Today a few Mercury KG-7Q Super 10 Hurricane's have survived the years waiting to be run or displayed at a local Antique Outboard Motor Club, Inc. (AOMCI) Event. In demand and also rare; today a KG-7Q will go for the price of a brand new 10 hp motor.
Over the next several years, thru-hub exhaust became a standard feature of all Mercury models, and later was adopted near industry-wide for both outboards and stern-drives. With Mercury Marine outboards typically having smaller displacement per horsepower and better fuel economy than the competition's motors, an ad ran in publications showing a ...
A 2007 model Tohatsu outboard. As well as marketing outboards under its own brand, Tohatsu outboards are rebadged and sold as other brands. In 1988 Tohatsu and Brunswick Corporation set up a joint venture named Tohatsu Marine Corporation to produce outboards for Mercury Marine. [10] Some Mercury outboards with less than 60 HP are rebranded ...
In 2001 Bombardier purchased the Evinrude Outboard Motors and Johnson Outboards trade names for the insolvent Outboard Marine Corporation. [19] In 2003, the company sold Bombardier Recreational Products to a group of investors: Bain Capital (50%), Bombardier Family (35%) and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (15%) for $875 million. [20]
The Waterman outboard engine appears to be the first gasoline-powered outboard offered for sale in significant numbers. [11] It was developed from 1903 in Grosse Ile, Michigan, with a patent application filed in 1905 [12] Starting in 1906, [13] [14] the company went on to make thousands of his "Porto-Motor" [15] units, [16] claiming 25,000 ...
Outboard Marine Corporation sometimes referred to as Outboard Motor Company was formed in 1929 when ELTO was merged with Lockwood-Ash Motor Company. They began using the name OMC in 1956. Outboard Marine Corporation was the world's largest manufacturer and supplier of outboard motors and second largest producer of powerboats.
1927 Johnson Seahorse outboard motor at the Tellus Science Museum. The original company that made Johnson inboard motors and outboard motors was the Johnson Brothers Motor Company of Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. They started building inboard 2-cycle marine engines in 1903 in a barn behind the house, along with matching boats.
In January 1954, the company changed its name to Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd. A year later, the first Suzuki automobile, Suzulight, went on sale. In 1965, the company marketed their first Suzuki outboard motor, D55. [5] When the second outboard motor, DT5, was produced in 1977, the corporation marketed it in the U.S. under the new brand Suzuki Marine.