Exactly the same motors,dif decals and the nissans are a few more bucks.Even the the mercs are basically the same from 30hp and under.Tohatsu makes all the mercs,nissans and of course their own from 30hp and under.The new 15hp and under evinrudes are tohatsus with evinrude decals to.So long story short all the motors are the same except for maybe a few small features like the mercs.I perfer the mercs for the ratchet system that none of the other outboards have.You don't have to constantly move a pin up and down like the nissans,tohatsus,or the evinrudes,now saying all that you will pay more for the mercs but to me the ratchet system is priceless.
The ratchet system gives you the ability to move the motor into 5 or 6 dif positions from shallow water back down to reg running position without the single move of the pin,with all the other motors you must move the pin everytime to adjust the tilt.The nice part is when you hit shallow water you move the motor up as you will here it click into place then when you get into deeper water again all you need to do is tilt the motor all the way up and it will come right back down to reg running position. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: