Japan Undercutting US outboards?

[Muddy Water]

Here are a couple of links Outboard owners may want to read.

From the home of Mercury Marine:
http://www.wisinfo.com/newsherald/mn...86283881.shtml

From the United States International Trade Commission (ITC):
http://www.usitc.gov/er/nl2004/er0223bb1.htm

[Jignfloat]

If this is the case, why do you save a couple grand by putting a 200 Merc on a new sled versus a 200 Yamaha ???? Not many deals to be had on the Japanese motors mentioned, at least at the consumers level anyhow....


Russ