I actually think the Volvos look better than a Bravo. They look low and mean like a bulldog, if that counts for anything.

My $.02.....the volvo DPX is a better product, but sale/resale is a problem. A dealer told me if a potentail client sees black on teh back then he doesn't have to "sell" the engine package. (how many people sign up for AOL when they buy a computer even though they SUK)

Also had a 2001 Formula 312 just like mine for sale at a local repo lot for almost a year because it had Volvo 385's and DPX drives. Ended up selling for around 73K.

You are right about black on the back.

My OMCs are painted black. I was gonna paint em grey again but they guy at the dealer said that I would lose 3 mph.

Amazing. Why do people actually PREFER drives that are more expensive and weaker? It's like choosing 8-track tapes over CD's.

I had my boat built to spec in 2000, and plan to keep it until 2011. At that point, the DPX's may make it worth more after history has played out!

Go git'em, Chuck.....
Hugh

striking resemblance.... no???

Too bad the rams on the Bravo don't do the steering.

And what's with that 747-sized skeg?

Loo, they were feeling so guilty about ripping off Volvo's technology that they wrote a dissertation about it...

http://www.mercurymarine.com/mercruiser_volvo

Volvo introduced its “new technology” cone clutch drive in 1963 and its DuoProp in 1982. Apparently, Volvo feels that twenty- and forty-year-old products are “new technology.”

The ITS has it.