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Sea-Doo is the brand name of Bombardier Recreational Products
Bombardier Recreational Products

Bombardier Recreational Products or BRP is a Canadian companies that traces its roots back to the year 1942 when Joseph-Armand Bombardier founded L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limit?e in Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec....
' popular line of personal watercraft (PWC). The name is derived from Bombardier's Ski-Doo snowmobile
Snowmobile

A snowmobile, also known in some places as a snowmachine, is a land vehicle for travel on snow that is commonly propelled by a continuous track or tracks at the rear and steered by skis at the front....
 line.

The term Sea-Doo is also used regionally as a genericized trademark
Genericized trademark

A genericized trademark is a trademark or brand name that has become the colloquialism or generic description for a general class of Good or Service , rather than the specific meaning intended by the trademark's holder....
 for any type of sit-down PWC. Use of the term is strongest in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 in general and particularly in Quebec
Quebec

Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
 where BRP is based. They also have 50.3% market share in the US.

ardier Recreational Products (BRP) has been producing personal watercraft since 1988 and celebrated its 20th year in business in 2008.






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Sea-Doo is the brand name of Bombardier Recreational Products
Bombardier Recreational Products

Bombardier Recreational Products or BRP is a Canadian companies that traces its roots back to the year 1942 when Joseph-Armand Bombardier founded L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limit?e in Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec....
' popular line of personal watercraft (PWC). The name is derived from Bombardier's Ski-Doo snowmobile
Snowmobile

A snowmobile, also known in some places as a snowmachine, is a land vehicle for travel on snow that is commonly propelled by a continuous track or tracks at the rear and steered by skis at the front....
 line.

The term Sea-Doo is also used regionally as a genericized trademark
Genericized trademark

A genericized trademark is a trademark or brand name that has become the colloquialism or generic description for a general class of Good or Service , rather than the specific meaning intended by the trademark's holder....
 for any type of sit-down PWC. Use of the term is strongest in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 in general and particularly in Quebec
Quebec

Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
 where BRP is based. They also have 50.3% market share in the US.

History and Use of Rotax Engines

Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) has been producing personal watercraft since 1988 and celebrated its 20th year in business in 2008. Sea-Doo produced the first commercially available PWC in 1968. However, due to limitations on engine technology at the time, they abandoned the product in 1969 and did not produce another model until almost 20 years later. Sport Boats were introduced to their product line in 1994 and used the same Rotax 2-Stroke engines used in their PWCs. In 2002, BRP began to use four-stroke Rotax engines which were all fuel injected, and now, in certain models, are supercharged and intercooled to increase performance. The last Sea-Doo to use a two-stroke engine was the 3D-DI stand-up, while the rest of the line-up were utilizing the more modern and efficient 4-stroke technology. Sea-Doo is currently the industry leader in engine output, with their RXP-X and RXT-X producing and boasting acceleration of 0-50 mph in less than 3 seconds.

The RXP - The 1st 215hp Personal Watercraft

When the RXP was introduced in 2004, it was the fastest and most powerful 4-stroke 2-person PWC ever, producing and capable of reaching approximately . When the RXT was introduced in 2005, it was the most powerful 3-seater on the water with the same engine as the RXP and was capable of reaching the same speeds. In 2007, all Sport Boats except the 150 Speedster and the 180 Challenger were offered with either two engines to make , or two of the same engines supercharged and intercooled, each one producing for a combined total of . In 2008, RXP and RXT models were introduced offering an "X" package that increased the power of the engines to in order to compete with the Kawasaki Ultra 250X.

Use of Mercury Marine Jet Drives

In 2000-2004, the entire Sea-Doo Sport Boat line-up except the 200 Speedster which was powered by two Rotax 4-tec engines in 2004 and the Speedster LE which used a direct-injected 951 cc two-stroke engine, used jet drives made by Mercury instead of Rotax, because the Mercury engines produced up to 250 from a single engine instead of needing at least two Rotax two-strokes to make the same amount of power.

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