I was pretty young but I know about Polaris and textron history, they almost ruined Polaris too, glad the management decided to go at it alone and turn the company around and I hope cat has the same fate
whoever ends up owning Cat needs to realize the economics of scale business model will not work with a smaller company that operates in a market with well-established bigger competitors who own the majority of the market share, and fluctuating sales due to changes in climate conditions. long term scale growth is unlikely. Profitability is definitely possible, but never to the satisfactory levels of outside investors who are not interested in the brand and only ROI.
A niche market medium size business model would serve them well IMO.
I am hoping to get out tomorrow for likely my last ride, a friend from work is doing the RAP tour this week with his wife, looks like they have had great conditions
I cannot complain about this season, just hate to see it leave so soon
It is amazing how fast it’s melting down here
as mush as hate to see it go I’m glad it’s melting off the roof, social media showing some really bad roof collapse and one guy died by Creemore
also this melt is better to prevent flooding