tahatsu /mercury

[tblshur]

i read somewhere that tahatsu makes mercury and some other brands is this correct

 

[lprizman]

No.
Tohatsu makes Tohatsu.
Some say rebranded Honda's.....I've seen no evidence....however I've spent little to zero time actually caring and investigating it.
Why do you ask?

 

[QBhoy]

They make engines under a certain size for mercury

 

[racerone]

Correct ------Tohatsu was making small Evinrude branded models as well.-----If you do the research you will find some 2 to 4 HP motors were all coming off the same assembly line.-----On Monday the paint booth used BLACK and Mercury decals went on.-----On Tuesday they were painted white and Johnson decals went on. ETC etc.------The amazing thing is the one brand will list a part as NLA and the other company had a different spare parts contract with parts now on the shelf !!

 

[Faztbullet]

BRP/Evinrude Announces Deal with Tohatsu for Small Outboards - boats.com

 

[Scott Danforth]

Tohatsu makes all mercury (and nissan and others) outboards 40hp and below for the past few decades

 

[tblshur]

no real reason to ask just curious thanks guys for the knowledge

 

[Sea Rider]

Tohatsu has a Joint Venture with Mercury at their Komegawa plant in Japan and Tohatsu motors and parts cost less compared to. OTOH Tohatsu buys large HP motors from Honda with their logo written on their cowls. Globalization issues...

Happy Boating​

 

[matt167]

Tohatsu/ Mercury/ Nissan/ Evinrude 4 stroke below 40hp are all basically the same engines. Mercury has their own tiller handles and in some cases the hoods are fancier looking, but same under the hood