Yamaha YXZ: A New Family of Sport SxS?

Quote: Yamaha YXZ News View Post Originally Posted by That the YXZ will use a three cylinder engine is all but guaranteed. Not only do Yamaha's illustrations show a three cylinder engine, Yamaha write on page 4 "the engine is preferably a three cylinder engine". Interestingly though, Yamaha may be planning an entire family of YXZ sporty side by sides, as they go on to explain "the engine according to the present preferred embodiments of the present invention may be a single cylinder engine or may be a multi-cylinder engine with two or four or more cylinders"

The CARB documentation lists the following:YXZ10YPSGS (EPS-SE)YXZ10YPSGY (EPS-SE)YXZ10YPXGL (EPS)YXZ10YPXGO (EPS)First things first,The presence of two SE and two Standard models on the CARB documentSpeculation should start with seating arrangement. It's not out of the realm of possibilityThe Viking is already sold in two wheelbases, however the Viking didn't add its second wheel base until a year after launch.Could the differnce between YXZ10YPS and YXZ10YPX be 4WD/AWD and 2WD? X is commonly used to indicate 4 wheel prowess.A third scenario is that Yamaha's different codes indicate paint choices.But CARB does seem to list different models using one specific powerplant, they're not concerned with choice or cosmetics.Moving beyond the CARB document, we found some interesting language in Yamaha's patent documents