Argo Review on Dirt Trax Television

[Mike]

Just ran across this video and don't think it's been posted:

[smudvapor]

The one part that gets me is when he says "there is one feature in the must-have column only an Argo can deliver. Full amphibious mobility." Have they never heard of the other brands? Wouldn't you think that Dirt Trax would know that? I don't want to be picky but that is like say only Ford offers four-wheel drive in its pickup trucks.

[Deedeelin1]

B

[crossbowme]

Wonder what the improvements are coming in the future?

[wfo]

COOL STUFF, NEXT WOULD BE SUSPENSION. that is what will make this sport take off. a factory suspension

[scott8x8]

Agree...factory suspension

[gearhead]

going back to route6x6

[curtisbyrne]

true they need to stop turning these things into cute fast machines instead of the older hard working ugly and tough.like look at that argo its a sin to even get it dirty and muddy i would only see it on a road or for shwoing off to people it just wouldent be something to take in mud and haul people out and do work no doubt that its capable off but they are just to stylish, to me the new Argo isnt even an Argo any more with the new features for city people and not bush people, and not to mention the price.... they need to keep it simple and tough and forget making features that have nothing to do with being 20 miles in the bush!

[Noel Woods]

It's an environment where everyone is catering to the urban crowd. I was talking to a friend the other day about four wheeling with Jeeps and Scouts. He mentioned to me that he had a vehicle that could challenge my custom I.H. Scout. I listened to him talk about superior power to weight ratio, computer controlled traction control and down hill descent control. Before we could go offroad he called me asking if I could tow him out of a ditch. It seems his Mercedes ML550 spun out on a little patch of ice and went off the rural hiway he was on into a ditch. When I got there I laughed the entire time as I attached a tow chain and with one slight tug pulled him back to the road. This guy didn't even know that his Mercedes was AWD only and there wasn't even a low range. I had him jump into my passenger seat and took him on a short jaunt through the same ditch he had been stuck in as well as a deeper and muddy track further down the road. He is about an average consumer and was more concerned about appearance and options than true off road capabilities. I've thought that Argo is more concerned about tapping into market now than the traditional hard core swamp and bog crowd.

[grit]

I think they are trying to appeal to more off-road users ... More appeal = more sales. Which unfortunately does make good business sense . They will really have to start to watch the price though ..., reason I ordered a scout 6x6 ST as I wanted the admiral tranny but not willing to spend 26000 Canadian on an 8 wheeler to get it .

[Canadian_Zuk]

I print Dirt Trax Canada and Dirt Trax USA magazine, they did a print article in the last issue as well.

[North Country Tough]

I understand everyone's opinions,Argo has really put a push on to make their product more desirable to the masses and costs have gone up considerably since but from what i priced in the last year if you want a more basic stripped down version of a six or eight the cost has not increased horrendously in the last ten years,i can remember that my new magnum eight back in and around 1988 was 8200.CAD.Argo is testing the waters as to what people want some things that i consider useless maybe ten people want the good news for all is the fact that there are so many used units on the market at affordable prices,heck I will date myself my first brand new snowmobile top of the line go faster in 1974 I paid around 15 hundred bucks today's top burner is 20K,in 1979 my new F 150 was $6500. today you need 50K I still consider a AATV regardless of make to be a decent deal they hold their value and with basic hand tools and some mechanical knowledge you can keep them running for years as shown by this forum still people out there enjoying the sport with machines first produced in the seventy,s.NCT

[Coast2Coast]

I personally don't think they've changed that much. To get out of my conquest and into my huntmaster the only thing you notice is that the seat is higher, more comfortable, ride is smoother, can steer and drive with just right hand, and it has a usb charger that I constantly use. What's so wrong with that? It's still slow, bouncy, ugly, and bashing through the willows where nobody else has ever been. They've actually made the axles, frames, transmissions, bearings stronger. Great. Take a look at atvs. In 1984 you were boss if you had the Honda ATC200ES shaft drive three wheeler. Dam things are still out there lurking around to this day. Now you're just fitting in with a Can-Am Renegade 1000 XMR with more horespower than everyone in your squad put together back in 1984, snappin axles and grenading diffs all summer long. Now that's a change!