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For performance and dependability, which manufacturers 6hp -15hp outboard engine do you recommend?

To be used on small fishing boat. (trolling involved) Evinrude? Mercury? Honda? Yamaha? Other? brief reason please. TY Those oldies (Evinrude/Johnson) were goodies alright, but :) I'm looking for newer. They're more fuel efficient and quieter. When I take it out of the dealer, I never want to see him again. ;)

Public Comments

1. i had a 50s Evinrude it was great got rid of it a year ago thing was bullet proof
2. Have a Johnson 15 thats about 35 yrs old that still works.
3. Honda makes more internal combustion engines than anybody else. Period. They are very reliable, quiet, clean, and fuel efficient. I'd say go with Honda as #1, and Yamaha as #2.
4. I think the dealer is more important than the make of engine. All manufacturors make a good engine but the service from the dealer is what will make the differance. Tohatsu is also a make you might look at.
5. johnson [evenrude], merc, yamaha. dependable and availability of parts
6. Yamaha, or mercury. I hace had a honda 9.9 for since i bought it brand new in 1998. Its a four stroke high output model it came with a prop the size of a 50 horse. Merks are good too.
7. mercury have always bean good motors and so have johnson. i would never buy a yamaha though. if a company makes 10 mill different things then they dont specialize in 1 area. ao quality is les. johnson motors is owned buy the company that owns seadoo so there going to be prety good. my granpa used a mercury outboard on every boat he ever owned. as long as u winterize them properly u wont have any problem
8. For speed, it's always "MERC", I have used Johnson/evinrude 50 H.P. (used to be OMC now Bombardier has the co.) for years, as stated above they're "Bullet proof"