Johnson Outboards is a maker of outboard motors. The original company to make Johnson
inboard motors and outboard motors was the Johnson Bros. Motor Company of
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. A few years after the Johnson brothers' factory
in Terre Haute was destroyed by a tornado in March 1913, the brothers relocated
to South Bend, Indiana and then Waukegan, Illinois. The company was first
acquired by Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC) and then later by Bombardier Recreational
Products. Their outboards include 1 thriller 8 cylinders and have a
maximum of 300 horsepower, for stock engines. They differ in one large way from
Mercury Marine outboards, because they employed the V4 engine, whereas Mercury
used a straight engine.
Today
Johnson has changed a lot
since they were bought by BRP (Bombardier Recreational Products). Now Evinrude,
which is also a brand of BRP, has the widest range of models, and Johnson now
only sell two stroke (carbureted) and four stroke engines in a horsepower-range
of 9.9 to 25, while Evinrude sells between 25 and 300. Johnson has also only sales
in a few countries compared with Evinrude.
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