2024 Ski-Doo Backcountry X-RS Backcountry Redo The brake should be most appreciated, Ski-Doo officials said, by folks who like to stab the lever with one finger when riding aggressively. Renegades will typically have better wind protection and a steering post mounted deeper in the chassis, aimed at more high-mile performance cruising than the bump-chasing MXZs.Ĭutting across the MXZ and Renegade divide, though, will be a new four-piston caliper brake and new adjustable brake lever on X-RS models. It’s akin to the REV Gen4 Wide Body concept of the previous chassis. Aside from four-stroke options, Renegade Adrenaline with Enduro Package will be able to be ordered with either a two-stroke 600R or 850, the one exception to the MXZ = two strokes while Renegades = four strokes rule.Īll of those Renegades above the Sport are moving to the REV Gen5 platform – meaning they’ll benefit from new gauges, headlight and body panels, though the body panels will be formed a bit broader to cradle a four-stroke engine. Within the all-137-inch Renegade brand, engine options will be 900 ACE Turbo R, 900 ACE Turbo, 900 ACE and, in some instances 600 ACE within segment lines of X-RS, X, Adrenaline, “Adrenaline with Enduro Package” and Sport trim. The MXZ X-RS with Competition Package is covered in another story. There will, though, still be less aggressive MXZ Sport, Neo, Neo+, 200 and 120 models for smaller riders or newcomers that will essentially be unchanged. Ski-Doo officials stressed that most full-sized MXZs are aimed at more aggressive riders no matter which package you get.

All of those models will be in the REV Gen5 platform, and all will have a fixed position riser that’s located more forward, in the position of X-RS models in the past. It’s akin to ordering a 129- or 137-inch Indy from Polaris or ZR from Cat. You know that Renegade 850 or 600 you’ve been dreaming about getting? Well you can’t have it – at least not with that name anymore.Ī couple of years ago, Ski-Doo stopped building four-stroke MXZs, but now it’s made segregation within the trail segment almost complete for 2024 by also getting rid of all but one two-stroke Renegade and instead giving track length options to full-size MXZ buyers.įor 2024, buyers can choose between an MXZ in either a 129- or 137-inch track length with a 600R, an 850 or a 850 Turbo R powerplant in a mix-and-match of X-RS (with Competition Package), X, Adrenaline and “Adrenaline with Blizzard Package” trim.

2024 Ski-Doo Renegade X-RS 900 ACE Turbo R Ski-Doo Trail Lineup: New Tech And New Names There’s also a strong new brake on select models, a new naming/badging structure to learn and much more. The REV Gen5 chassis upgrades originally only on 850s for 2023 get spread much deeper through Ski-Doo’s lineup for 2024, including to sleds powered by 600s and four-strokes.Ski-Doo is also creating more space between its mountain sleds by utilizing new front geometry on its Freeride lineup, dedicating Freerides to true thrash-and-bash riders and separating it from Summit models.The MXZ and Renegade lineups are being separated, with full-sized MXZs available in 129- and 137-inch track lengths with two-stroke engines, and Renegades being focused almost exclusively on four-stroke powerplants with one exception (a two-stroke Renegade Adrenaline with Enduro Package).The Backcountry lineup gets several updates, including new cMotion X rear suspension geometry and rack steering, both aimed at making this crossover handle better on trails without giving up off-trail capabilities.It will be a commercial-use-only vehicle in its first year, but it is an important and likely historic vehicle that may someday lead to enthusiast sleds. An electric Ski-Doo Grand Touring snowmobile was unveiled.The brand is bringing its 180 horsepower 850 Turbo R engine to the flatland category in an MXZ model in a very unique way, including a water-and-methanol-based cooling system for the intake tract.We had a chance to do an initial test ride on select models recently and will share impressions below as well as in other linked stories, but in this piece we’ll cover the high ground.

Ski-Doo unveiled its 2024 snowmobile lineup tonight with a live broadcast from its Houston, Texas-based dealer meeting, and it included many exciting pieces of news.

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