Sales Domination

[skinautique]

Edwin,
I hear you on the recalls but most of them could be done when the boat was winterized so that isn't too bad in my opinion. The impeller (now fixed) would be a pain to people. On a side note, did you see that PCM got the JD Powers award for the best engine performance, quality, etc.
Check it out at www.pleasurecraft.com

[SprintCar39]

And just wait to hear what JD Powers has to say about Correct Craft.

[Edwin]

I noticed that JD Powers did recognized CC last year as the best in the inboard lines, hadn't seen the info on PCM. I wouldn't hesitate to buy one.
Question though - besides CC and MB, who in the inboard towboat industry uses PCM? As I see it, the breakdown is:
Calabria - Mercruiser
Centurion - Mercruiser
CC - PCM
Gekko - Mercruiser or PCM
Malibu - Indmar
Mastercraft - Indmar
MB - PCM
Sanger - Mercruiser
Skier's Choice - Indmar
Ski Supreme - Mercruiser
Tige - Mercruiser

Last numbers I saw for market share, Indmar powers over over 63% of the tow boat market, compared to just over 14% for PCM. No question it's a great product, however they have a much smaller customer base to keep happy.
I worked with Acura cars back in the late 80's, early 90's. They were #1 in JD Powers in the early 90's, but they had a fraction of the cars on the road compared to Honda, Toyota, Nissan, etc. We saw 10 cars a day in for service, the others saw a hundred. Still a huge accomplishment none the less.

[skinautique]

some of the tige's have them, and some of the supras, and infinity used them.

[SprintCar39]

I was not aware that Malibu used PCM ????

I was talking about the new JD Power awards for this year...GREAT NEWS!

Although that wont surprise most of us. LOL

[M3Fan]

I think he said MB uses PCM- As in MB Sports, not Malibu.

[SprintCar39]

My mistake...I misread the post...I took MB to mean Malibu and not MB boats...sorry. :oops:

[Edwin]

Sorry - I'll try to make it more clear next time :wink:

Ok - then you can claim Gekko as well. Fact is, find me a Tige or Supra for sale on flipsell, boat trader, etc. that has a PCM in it. Infinity - well, last I heard they are no more.

They sell FAR fewer motor solutions than Indmar in towboats.

[skinautique]

I have a tige for you: Chris Rossi's 04 Switch I, Supra Launch 2001 I have seen those with PCM in there. I agree with you that Indmar has their engines in more boats. No denying that one.

[Edwin]

Enjoy the awards, they are tough to come by. No need for further outside input from me, I'm signing out. Enjoy your CC's...

[Hollywood]

I'm guessing Hydrodyne uses Mercruiser too. Come to think of it, I completely forgot about them, we have about 5 inboard Hydrodynes on my lake.

[SprintCar39]

We started selling TIGE boats about six months ago. Out of the 10 2004 models we have half of them with the PCM. The rest of them have the Tige GM Vortec 5.7L MPI EFI.