New "Smart Start" Pricing on SPX (and 210 SLX)

[NorCalGlenn]

Haven't been to searay.com in a while, and just saw the new 'Smart Start' pricing strategy on the SPX line. That is *very* aggressive pricing, can't see how they aren't going after Chaparral and the success they've had with their H2O line. Must say, I'm intrigued by the outboards.

 

[LawyerMan]

To me they just don't look right. Having a big outboard stuck on the back of the boat makes it not look like a Sea Ray to me.

 

[NorCalGlenn]

Yeah, but man...I love the maintenance on an outboard (I have a 1966 Boston Whaler Sakonnet with an Evinrude E-TEC 90). I have a seasonal (summer) slip in my marina, but keep my boat in storage during the week. If I could trim out my engine, I'd probably keep it in for longer periods of time. Speaking of the SPX's, I saw that the Dynamic Running Surface is getting introduced on the 21. Really glad they did that, because I think others in the stern drive space are going to go after the wakeboard/wakesurf market. Has anybody seen the new Four Winns TS222, which has Volvo's new forward facing sterndrive? That is pretty hardcore! Plus it has ballast bags *and* what looks like their version active trim control. I love my boat, but think the 230 SLX w/DRS (which mine is not equipped with, BTW) may have been leap-frogged as the best *stern-drive* wake sport tow boat.

 

[blaster]

I think the SPX line is a smart move for Sea Ray. I also prefer a clean transom but like Glenn said, you can't beat the maintenance of an outboard. Plus it is a much better option for the brackish and saltwater boaters.

 

[NorCalGlenn]

Oh, and it looks like there's Smart Start pricing on the 220 Sundecks, too? Sterndrive and outboard. I think the pricing on the SPX's includes a trailer, but not on the SLX and Sundecks?

 

[SeaRayCorporate]

Oh, and it looks like there's Smart Start pricing on the 220 Sundecks, too? Sterndrive and outboard. I think the pricing on the SPX's includes a trailer, but not on the SLX and Sundecks?

Correct, eligible SPX models include a trailer in the SmartStart price, 210 SLX and 220 Sundeck models do not.