GEORGE,
YOU CANNOT REALLY BLAME FORMULA IF THEY GET AWAY FROM MERCRUISER. VOLVO TECHNOLOGY HAS SURPASSED THEM BY MILES. I THINK WHEN VOLVO GETS INTO PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS FOR THE GO FAST MARKET, MERC. WILL BE HISTORY.
FORMULA HAS ONE HULL FOR THE 45 FOR CONVENTIONAL INBOARDS, ONE HULL FOR IPS, AND IF THEY CHOOSE ZEUS, THEY WILL NEED TO RE-TOOL FOR ANOTHER HULL. MERC. REALLY NEEDS TO BE A BIG SELLER FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. I HIGHLY DOUBT IT, AFTER READING PRELIMINARY REVIEWS.