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Rebates Change February 10, 2025

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5.2K views 36 replies 15 participants last post by  SnowmanSimon  
#1 ·
The current rebates expire February 9, 2025 and the new rebates will post on Monday February 10, 2025. Do you think they will get better, get worse, or just stay flat? Some dealers I spoke to sold a lot of sleds with the current rebates in the last month. It will be interesting to see what the brand does especially with the 2026 launch in about 11 days. With the current rebates and zero percent financing looks really good for a lot of guys. Typically (varies from year to year and snow conditions) rebates usually go down toward the end of February. With these crazy times nothing would surprise me. What you guys think?
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#5 ·
Did anyone hear about the lifetime powertrain deal? They were telling us about it at a dealer in fort Kent and when I called back to talk turkey they retracted and said they are still ironing out details. All they had besides that was 0 for 60 months. To me that's not worth crap
 
#7 ·
1 dealer here selling 2025 sleds at cost.
Haven't seen numbers though.
I think just about every dealer is selling at "invoice" right now.

I dont think that the programs will change. The 24s are slowly getting cleaned up which is a good thing but they have to go. My dealer has sold around 70 24s since Christmas but still has a ton of 25s.

The problem with these aggressive deals is that they will take a lot of people out of the market to Spring Break a MY26.
 
#10 ·
The local Door/Cat dealer is selling leftover Cats at $1000 under cost plus all available Cat programs.

I haven't checked how low they're going on Doos yet but they have a '24 listed I'd be interested in if the rebates get any better.
 
#11 ·
My guess is rebates stay the same on 2024 models.
The local Door/Cat dealer is selling leftover Cats at $1000 under cost plus all available Cat programs.

I haven't checked how low they're going on Doos yet but they have a '24 listed I'd be interested in if the rebates get any better.
That is only because the future of Cat is very shakey and nobody knows thier future. Cat dealers are concerned too. A buddy just scooped up a 2023 ZR 800 with Atac and 600 miles for 10K. Sled was 18K new OTD.
 
#13 ·
There's some deals out there if you look around. I backed out of a Cat 858 in late fall because my wife was still going through treatments, and I had some inside news about the state of Arctic Cat. Now that we have some snow, and I know I can get away to ride, I've been stopping at dealers looking. I like the 2025 adrenaline/blizzard package, but I found a New 2022 zero mile Polaris 850 switchback with warranty until 12/26 for $10500 before taxes. Sled listed for 17k in 22...
 
#14 ·
Well let me just start by saying I hope all goes well for the wife. Back in 2021 I had a Polaris VR1 with the 7S gauge. Best gauge in the industry period! However I store my sleds just north of Indian River Michigan in a storage yard and often ride right out of the trailer. My dilemma is that there is only Skidoo and Cat service in Indian River so I am obligated to those 2 brands. I typically have 2 sleds one for me and the boy and a spare as back up but currently only running 2 sleds, no back up but am looking. It may not sound like a big deal but when the Polaris needed service the closest dealer was west in Harbor Springs 28 miles away and just not convenient so its either SD or Cat for me.

So now I am trying to decide if I should go the Spring Order route or just take a left over with all the incentives and then one of my current sleds would become the back up iron? Or the pre owned route and scoop up one of these crazy deals on 2022/23 for 10K with less than 1000 miles for back up iron? On left overs and non currents SD way out sold Polaris and dealers have tons of Polaris inventory right now. A local dealer is selling 2023 Polaris XC 850 with Walker Evans clickers and ice ripper tracks for 13K OTD. As I stated above A buddy just scooped up a 2023 ZR 800 with Atac and 600 miles for 10K. Sled was 18K new OTD.

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#19 ·
Just wondering, I know that Extreme in Gaylord is a few miles more than Harbor Springs, but the convenience of the 75 makes it seem shorter. When I bought our sleds I wanted a dealer that was on the way up to our place, not in the opposite direction that I normal travel. So it was between 2 dealers of which 1 was Extreme. I choice the other dealer as they were cheaper, but in Extreme's defense I had service work done on our Sparks and sleds and very satisfied with them.

Oh, reason for the post Extreme is a Poo dealer
 
#29 ·
Ski Doo and/or the dealer is "buying" the 0% financing. I sell heavy construction technology and our 0% for 36 months costs us about 5%. The manufacturer of the products we sell also chip in towards the financing. That's probably why the cash rebates aren't very much.
 
#37 ·
I walked into a dealer and offered 3k below msrp and no freight/pdi. 3 year warranty and 0% and they said yes. Ended up finding a 2024 used xrs 900r with smart shocks and 900 miles on it for 50% off msrp the day before I planned on buying from the dealer. Buyers market right now and any dealer not willing to do large rebates is crazy and will be stuck on a sled until next year I think.