Cobalt Boats bought by Malibu boats

admin · **Joined:** Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:00 am **Posts:** 1115

Just ran across some chatter about this new deal that went down. what are your thoughts? This does open up Malibu to a larger market. How do you think it will affect dealer territories? I know a number of Malibu dealers that do not sell Cobalt.

r33pwrd · **Posted:** Thu Jun 29, 2017 10:03 pm

admin wrote:

Just ran across some chatter about this new deal that went down. what are your thoughts? This does open up Malibu to a larger market. How do you think it will affect dealer territories? I know a number of Malibu dealers that do not sell Cobalt.

Can't imagine it will change anything.. cobalt is a totally different market imo. Retired guys with lake houses drive cobalt around here.

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JohnnyK · **Posted:** Thu Jun 29, 2017 10:36 pm

I am very surprised by this! It will be interesting to see what happens, if anything to the "Malibu" brand. I would think they are going to keep the brands separate,imo. But it would be interesting to see a cuddy V drive.

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admin · **Joined:** Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:00 am **Posts:** 1115

I see a number of Malibu dealers taking on the Cobalt line in certain markets.

I don't see them pulling Cobalt from a good dealer even if that dealer sells a competing wakeboat brand but for those dealers on the fringe they might lose the opportunity to sell Cobalt.

I think this does give Malibu Corp a new market that they cannot reach with the towboat line. The towboat market is SMALL compared to the rest of the market and Cobalt gives them access to that.

Do they buy a bass boat company like correct craft did next? Or maybe a Pontoon company? who knows?

r33pwrd · **Posted:** Fri Jun 30, 2017 12:31 pm

Didn't Malibu buy right to build their own motors now? Maybe they want to be able to control where their motors go and make their own customers?

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steveA20 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 30, 2017 7:57 pm

r33pwrd wrote:

Didn't Malibu buy right to build their own motors now? Maybe they want to be able to control where their motors go and make their own customers?

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Surfgate was already getting put on cobalts in 17 with that new reverse drive under the boat, and yes for 2018 Malibu will be doing they're own motors. 16 was in house trailers and now in house motors for 18.

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alexandera · **Posted:** Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:19 am

Keep raising my stock price Malibu... woo hoo!!!!!!

Nawsome · **Joined:** Fri Nov 13, 2015 11:39 am **Posts:** 2

steveA20 wrote:

r33pwrd wrote:

Didn't Malibu buy right to build their own motors now? Maybe they want to be able to control where their motors go and make their own customers?

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Surfgate was already getting put on cobalts in 17 with that new reverse drive under the boat, and yes for 2018 Malibu will be doing they're own motors. 16 was in house trailers and now in house motors for 18.

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Just a correction here:

Cobalt does not have surfgate. Chaparral does however. They both use Volvo's forward drive.

Malibu/Axis will not be using their in house engines for MY2018. MY2019 is the introduction in production boats.

steveA20 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 01, 2017 1:16 pm

Nawsome wrote:

steveA20 wrote:

r33pwrd wrote:

Didn't Malibu buy right to build their own motors now? Maybe they want to be able to control where their motors go and make their own customers?

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Surfgate was already getting put on cobalts in 17 with that new reverse drive under the boat, and yes for 2018 Malibu will be doing they're own motors. 16 was in house trailers and now in house motors for 18.

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Just a correction here:

Cobalt does not have surfgate. Chaparral does however. They both use Volvo's forward drive.

Malibu/Axis will not be using their in house engines for MY2018. MY2019 is the introduction in production boats.

Thanks for the correction, I saw them on an I/O at the boat show and didn't pay attention to the brand, but I did hear from a reliable source about the motors. Did something change or was it always supposed to be in 2019?

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r33pwrd · **Posted:** Sun Jul 02, 2017 11:16 pm

Nawsome wrote:

steveA20 wrote:

r33pwrd wrote:

Didn't Malibu buy right to build their own motors now? Maybe they want to be able to control where their motors go and make their own customers?

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Surfgate was already getting put on cobalts in 17 with that new reverse drive under the boat, and yes for 2018 Malibu will be doing they're own motors. 16 was in house trailers and now in house motors for 18.

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Just a correction here:

Cobalt does not have surfgate. Chaparral does however. They both use Volvo's forward drive.

Malibu/Axis will not be using their in house engines for MY2018. MY2019 is the introduction in production boats.

I just hope Malibu does a better job assembling engines then they did on my boat.. loose nuts in a motors wont fly.

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