RedHawkRidge
Silver Member
According to my dealer, who attended the new products field day recently:
What follows is taken from a small binder supplied to dealers who attended the field day (no customer literature is available yet).
"New" Features and Benefits (quote marks are those of JDeere -- leads to some question of whether this summary blurs what are real changes from 06 to 07).
[/U]1. Gas and diesel engines are same displacement (617 and 854) as 06 models, but claim to "have 20% more horsepower for incredible power thru any terrain."
2. EFI for all gas engines
3. "...electronic governor and throttle body for added power under load..."
4. 30mph top speed, 17 in low range. Per salesman, actual top end is 35mph.
5. 45% increased acceleration to top speed compared to HPC equivalent.
6. "Advanced clutching with a tighter belt will provide superior low speed creepability with smoother engagement and efficient engine braking to assist descending downhills."
7. Independent rear suspension...
8. 100% increased suspension travel over the HPX
9. 75% increased ground clearance (11 in) over the HPX
10. Larger styled wheels (12") and tires for greater ground clearance..."
11. Standard full clutch enclosure on all gas models (no mention of availability on diesel models).
12. Change in activation of lock-up rear wheel diffential: from lever (HPX) to dash-mounted electronic switch (my interpretation of JD's market-ese).
13. "Improved steering with 10% further reduced steering effort (I interpret this to say that JD couldn't go to power steering without a big cost increase, so they played with the geometry of the front end again, and maybe the bigger wheels, and maybe another bump in tire pressure will satisfy those customer who want the power steering.)
14. No mention of this next point, but my salesman said the gearbox was refined to improve the shiftability, instead of having to wrestle and pound the gear shift into low or rear, which is what I have to do with my 06.
Still no apparent availability of the Trail Gator with diesel, included clutch enclosure. However, a Limited Edition is being made available that is called the XUV 850D Diesel 4x4, which has the black and olive colors. Orders are being taken for a summer production run. No mention whether it will be decked out with the other features standard on the Trail model.
A few new accessories/attachments, but not what I'm looking for;
- Rear view mirror
- Rear bumper to protect the bed
- More instrumentation (speedo, tach, temp, etc)
- rails for the bed
My guy had some interesting stories about the field day, where JD had all the major side x side competitive models on site, and demonstrated the Gator's superiority. Plus JD let the guests run both JD and competition and draw their own conclusions about performance, etc.
Hope the above answers some questions.
Jim
What follows is taken from a small binder supplied to dealers who attended the field day (no customer literature is available yet).
"New" Features and Benefits (quote marks are those of JDeere -- leads to some question of whether this summary blurs what are real changes from 06 to 07).
[/U]1. Gas and diesel engines are same displacement (617 and 854) as 06 models, but claim to "have 20% more horsepower for incredible power thru any terrain."
2. EFI for all gas engines
3. "...electronic governor and throttle body for added power under load..."
4. 30mph top speed, 17 in low range. Per salesman, actual top end is 35mph.
5. 45% increased acceleration to top speed compared to HPC equivalent.
6. "Advanced clutching with a tighter belt will provide superior low speed creepability with smoother engagement and efficient engine braking to assist descending downhills."
7. Independent rear suspension...
8. 100% increased suspension travel over the HPX
9. 75% increased ground clearance (11 in) over the HPX
10. Larger styled wheels (12") and tires for greater ground clearance..."
11. Standard full clutch enclosure on all gas models (no mention of availability on diesel models).
12. Change in activation of lock-up rear wheel diffential: from lever (HPX) to dash-mounted electronic switch (my interpretation of JD's market-ese).
13. "Improved steering with 10% further reduced steering effort (I interpret this to say that JD couldn't go to power steering without a big cost increase, so they played with the geometry of the front end again, and maybe the bigger wheels, and maybe another bump in tire pressure will satisfy those customer who want the power steering.)
14. No mention of this next point, but my salesman said the gearbox was refined to improve the shiftability, instead of having to wrestle and pound the gear shift into low or rear, which is what I have to do with my 06.
Still no apparent availability of the Trail Gator with diesel, included clutch enclosure. However, a Limited Edition is being made available that is called the XUV 850D Diesel 4x4, which has the black and olive colors. Orders are being taken for a summer production run. No mention whether it will be decked out with the other features standard on the Trail model.
A few new accessories/attachments, but not what I'm looking for;
- Rear view mirror
- Rear bumper to protect the bed
- More instrumentation (speedo, tach, temp, etc)
- rails for the bed
My guy had some interesting stories about the field day, where JD had all the major side x side competitive models on site, and demonstrated the Gator's superiority. Plus JD let the guests run both JD and competition and draw their own conclusions about performance, etc.
Hope the above answers some questions.
Jim
