yes, but BRP and bombardier are seperate entities now, and bombardier corp has the aerospace side backing them, which is huge, I doubt a couple broken deadline contract violations are gonna bother them any
BRP (bombardier recreational products) on the other hand is relativly small, but like I say, they have tech, they've got R&D and I think they have pretty much undeniably won the ditchabanger wars, in a year or 2 the focus will start to shift away from snowcross and onto something else and the next wave of tech will be on us.
in the early 80's it was power, then came the "musclesleds" (tcats and max-4's) then the "hyper triples" came on the scene, which where basicly a muscle sled that could corner and stop, then the snowcross thing came on, given the WSA numbers, I think snowcross is on the wane, question is what's the next fad gonna be? and who's got the jump on it?
given cat and poo's financial states, unless it shifts drastically towards something they already have, I think this round will be hard on them.
Yamaha will either adapt or sit this round out (like they did the last one [snowcross])
BRP stands to capitalize if they catch on early enough to get the jump and the patents on the stuff, that would be VERY bad for both american company's, less so for yamaha as they have a more loyal and consistent customer base.
on a general basis tho, snowmobilers are VERY loyal customers, the industry averages like 80% repeat consumers, which is brand loyalty on a completely unheard of scale.
in short that means that the swing will have less effect on this industry as it would have on say the automotive, or motorcycle industry's.