BREAKING NEWS: BRP and Telwater announce BMT partnership

BRP Australia today announced a BMT (Boat Motor Trailer) partnership with Australia's largest boat builder, Telwater, manufacturer of Quintrex, Stacer, Archer, Savage, and Yellowfin Boats.

The agreement will see Evinrude outboards supplied to Telwater's existing and future dealer network as part of the company's pre-rigged boat and engine packages.

It is understood Mercury and Telwater cut ties after the aluminium boat company announced its own line of Chinese-built Vortex outboards earlier this year.

A spokesman from BRP told Marine Business that Evinrude's DI two-stroke E-TEC engines will offer Telwater a "point of difference" on the company's premium boats.

Telwater GM Tim Atkins said the company was excited about this new collaboration and looked forward to a bright future with BRP.
 
“We are capable of fitting engines immediately, which is perfect timing ready for the summer season”

Telwater-Evinrude packages will be available for dealers to order online from the 19th of September and should start to arrive in dealerships around October.  
 
This agreement will not conflict with any other packaging agreement currently in place, or other engine brands offered by Telwater dealers.

“Our partnership with BRP will create greater choice for customers and expand our product offering to our dealer network,” said Atkins
 
Dealerships are set to benefit from this announcement. Fitting engines directly at the factory reduces installation time at the dealership and allows dealers to focus on their core business of servicing customers.
 
“We have been watching BRP and the technological advances they have made over the past couple of years,” said Atkins.

“Evinrude have built a strong reputation for reliability, efficiency and innovation and we are proud to be allied with such a high quality product,” he said.

BRP national sales manager Rohan Slater said: "Both companies recognise that clean and innovative technologies in engine design and boat manufacturing is key to the long term prosperity of our respective dealer networks."

More to follow.