As a kid there were in reality 2 brands in which to buy an outboard, Mercury or Johnson/Evinrude. The Johnsons were built tough and the Mercury's fast (at least small outboards).
So in todays market of 15-30 HP range is one brand known as the fast brand and others as tough or slow? Todays market you have Yamaha, Mercury, E-tec or Evinrude, Tahutso Honda, Suzuki. to name most of them.
It's hard getting comparisons on smaller outboards, usually performance numbers don't start until around 25 hp and then trying to find the same boat being used tosses a wrench into the mix.
So in todays market of 15-30 HP range is one brand known as the fast brand and others as tough or slow? Todays market you have Yamaha, Mercury, E-tec or Evinrude, Tahutso Honda, Suzuki. to name most of them.
It's hard getting comparisons on smaller outboards, usually performance numbers don't start until around 25 hp and then trying to find the same boat being used tosses a wrench into the mix.