Bombardier's Boats Are Automotive Too: Evinrude Outboards Chosen to Power Tahoe Regional Planning Authority Patrol Boats

Evinrude Direct-Injection Outboards Replace Competitive Four-Stroke Engines as Agency's Choice of Power MIAMI--Feb. 14, 2002-- Bombardier Recreational Products' Boats and Outboard Engines Division, has teamed up with the Tahoe Regional Planning Authority (TRPA), which enforces environmental regulations in the Lake Tahoe region of Nevada and California, to power its marine patrol boats with Evinrude® outboard engines beginning this year. The reliable, direct-injection (DI) Evinrude outboard engines will replace four-stroke outboards from other manufacturers that had previously been used to power TRPA's patrol boats.

``We are very pleased with the TRPA's decision to use Evinrude outboard power for its patrol crafts,'' said Roch Lambert, Vice President and General Manager, Boats and Outboard Engines Division. ``Their choice of Evinrude power makes an important statement about the quality and environmental aspects of our Evinrude outboard engines equipped with direct-injection technology.''

``Environmental regulations affecting marine engines operating on the pristine waters of the Tahoe region are among the most stringent in the world,'' Lambert continued. ``Only very low emission engines can be used. The TRPA chose Evinrude direct-injection because they recognized Evinrude outboard engines produce low emissions while still maintaining great performance.''

``Protecting Lake Tahoe is our highest priority, and we choose Evinrude outboard engines for our patrol boats because they are state-of-the-art, while providing the power and efficiency we need,'' said Steve Chilton, Chief of TRPA's Environmental Compliance Division.

Evinrude DI outboard engines currently exceed all Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations and California Air Resources Board (CARB) emissions reduction standards through 2007.

``In addition to being cleaner, Evinrude direct-injection outboard engines are truly high performance engines,'' Lambert said. ``High performance, fast acceleration and top speed, are critical in marine law enforcement, and our Evinrude outboard engines deliver on all of this.''

According to Bombardier, engine dynamometer tests prove direct-injected Evinrude outboard engines produce more horsepower throughout he entire operating range than some competitive four-stroke outboards. The Evinrude outboard engines are also significantly lighter in weight; for example, when comparing the Evinrude 250hp against the Yamaha 225hp four-stroke, the Evinrude outboard engine is more than 70 pounds lighter. This provides an additional performance advantage on the water.

Lambert concludes by saying, ``The efficiency of the Evinrude direct-injection engine design also provides outstanding fuel economy, which is important to the TRPA, giving their patrol craft longer range, while providing lower maintenance requirements than competitive four-stroke engines.''

Bombardier Recreational products designs, develops, builds, distributes and markets Ski-Doo® and Lynx® snowmobiles, snowgrooming equipment and multi-purpose tracked vehicles, Bombardier® all-terrain vehicles, Sea-Doo® watercraft and sport boats, Bombardier Fish Hawk(TM) fishing boats as well as the Evinrude® and Johnson® outboard marine engines and the Ficht Ram Injection® technology. Snowmobiles, ATVs, watercraft and some sport boats are powered by Rotax® engines that are designed and built by Bombardier-Rotax GmbH, which also builds motors for motorcycles, scooters, karts and aircraft.

Bombardier Inc., a diversified manufacturing and service company, is a world leading manufacturer of business jets, regional aircraft, rail transportation equipment and motorized recreational products. It is also a provider of financial services and asset management. The Corporation employs 79,000 people in 24 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific and its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2001 totalled $16.1 billion Cdn.

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