Mercury 250 ProXS 4 Stroke Picture

Saw this on Facebook. SIAP (not me in the picture)

Nice. Days before the press release.

Golly the new fashion must be square. Looks just like an evinrude

That looks descent enough.

Just a matter of time till one is on the back of my boat. Might not be this boat.... But sooner than later.

Stealthy. I'd run it.

Sharp

I don't care what it looks like , give me the ugliest motor on Earth that sips gas and last 15 years .

Its a sad day when Merc sees Evinrude as the one to follow.

Looks like a G2 2.0

I think the shape of the cowling is because of the configuration of the engine, if they made the cowling more conventional looking it would be as big as a car hood. I guess I am going 4 stoke as well in the future, probably changing brand of boat as well, if you can't beat em then join em.

I don't see any resemblance to the G2... I like the way the G2's look too. Maybe it's because I'm young.

Real nice !!

I like it!

Evinrude is not the Evinrude of old. Since BRP purchased them they have become a great motor. I switched from Merc
to Evinrude and have been very happy with the motor. I have around 300 hours and it still runs great.

Mercinrude

I’d think that RMP might catch a little hell over leaking out the picture.

I'd like one with about 450 hp.

Just looked at the picture again and noticed there is an Evinrude in the back ground. Hard to tell but they do look very similar.

me too! On my TZX190!

"Hang on" "wanna see somthin cool?"

Of course I could just put a 300shot fogger system on my f1fiddy....lol. And then I'd have 450 for a few seconds.

Well you just may be in luck then.

They already deleted the Facebook post.

They can delete all they want. That pic has been shared thousands of times. It's on bassboatcentral too

It has the same shape to it. I like the look of this merc better than the G2 though. Not a huge fan of the G2 but it's growing on me a tad bit. I'd rather have merc or yammy though

Too old for a new rig , that’s my excuse , will stick with my Yammie .

Say it ain't so

Yep, no longer have the need for speed, guess I am getting too old, have my eyes on that new boat coming out.

It looks just like all their other 4 stroke motors Mercury makes. So Im not really surprised. And I remember when the SHO first came out. Everyone said how ugly it was as well. Now its all you see as far as Yamaha goes.

Some of you guys are worse then the Harley crowd when it comes to looks.

It may look similar to the E-tech but it couldn't be further from it. 2 stroke vs 4, V8 vs V6. I can't wait to see the details on the motor. Is it a pushrod motor? Overhead cam? dual overhead cam? Guessing pushrod for space sake. 250 HP out of 4.6 (283 c.i.d) is not any stretch at all. With the technology of today's motors there's probably 450 h.p in it easily. There is a relationship with GM, and the motors they build for Mercruiser, hopefully there's a little LS motor influence in it. We'll see.

Any idea on the ball park price tag for a twofitty??

15k+

Ugly and looks nothing like the G2 and yes I care what it looks like if I have to look at it ever day.

Nah, This video was posted in February

That video is the 175-225 V6 lineup not the V8.

Yep. Different motor all together.

It’s been posted elsewhere that RMP pulled the pic down, bet there was an azz chewing!

Guessing this is not even in the ballpark? Many, many thousands more.

Supposedly it isn't much more than the 250 2 stroke

A 150 SHO cost $15,000. Prolly closer to $25,000 for that Merc.

I figure it will look pretty good pushing that Cat 80 mph+. Gonna wait a couple years until they get the bugs out and hopefully have the 300hp in production.

Someone on another forum said 17 rigged

There is one for sale on BBC for $15,600.

The one in the picture is 100% on a 520L or 521L. You can tell by the tail lights on the trailer.

Looks fine, when the time comes again it will do nicely.

The new V8 Merc or 150 SHO. I didn't think the V8's were even out yet.

Advertised as the new 4.6L V8.

Something is going on. I just went to look at the add again and it's gone. Had been up all week along with a couple others. Seller may have jumped the gun.

They made it affordable.

Ok, take a look. Boom!!! Sorry cannot get the image to appear.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thehull...65e8186029f.jpg

False info....lol

No one has been complaining about price, so what has been stated and the few who have been notified about the new engines on there boat orders, I'm sure its pretty close to what a 250 Optimax is.

when merc killed the pro xs motor the replacement motor for it wont be much difference in price if it was they would lose market share.

This should be the "Gamechanger" for Mercury. I believe they've done their homework with this new four-stroke.

Yamaha has enjoyed a great six years with the four-stroke SHO motors. I bought one of the first ones ever built in 2011. It has been flawless. I got a letter from them last Jan that said my motor was built during a time when they had some issues with oil pumps so they gave me a brand new powerhead.

They build a V8 four stroke but it weighs 800 pounds!!
https://yamahaoutboards.com/en-us/home/outboards/350-150-hp/v8-5-3l-350-hp

I am looking forward to more 411 on the new Mercs!

May 18th is the release info date. From guys that have run them, they are faster than the 2 stroke Pro XS.

I think they should give us guys that just got 2018 Pro XS 2 strokes an option to trade in!

Why do you think I've been holding off?

I’m in the process of ordering a new Ranger, my dealer didn’t even mention this new motor as an option. Maybe I should hold off for a while

if you order now this will be the only option you will have in a Mercury and they are taking orders now for this motor.