I bet you see a Turbo 858 from Cat.     It was ready to be launched just before the Textron implosion.      My buddy is a Cat dealer in Quebec and he got a lot of R&D stuff sent to him to air freight to the Natives way up north in Quebec to test as they have good snow until the end of May most years.    He had an 858 to test 4 years ago.    There are some serious go-fast guys way up north on the Rez in Quebec.     He also told me that there is an 1100 4 stroke ready to go to replace the 998 but there is only so much money available to release new products.  

Unfortunately we are seeing what a lack of competition leads to.  It’s a weak economy.  They know there is a limited set of folks that will buy new.  Very good chance those sales are occurring regardless of whether they introduce anything flashy new or not.  So they just fixed their weaknesses in their lineups.  New software for the guage.  Motor upgrade to compete with the Polaris 650.  And an update on the utility lineup.  Polaris did the same expanding already offered suspension options to more of their lineup.  Hopefully arctic cat shakes things up, but I suspect they are a year away from doing that.

Love this set up....but the price is kinda rude. No bags added so one could plan on another 500 bucks just for some asorage.

I think the same way, what more do we need or want.....but as mentioned, there is always that next best thing that most did not even think they needed until they see the new release details....lol   I am most curious to see what Cat may have, not expecting much, but with all that has gone on with Cat, I hope they have something that continues to keep the brand right side up and people still interested in buying Cat's!

There are lots of things that nobody is looking for that are currently being worked on. Trust me.