Yahoo Autos Polaris Xpedition XP and ADV add overlanding to the UTV menu
There's an "X" deep in the backwoods. It marks a spot called "Overlanding," and every manufacturer with a four-wheel-drive product is trying to get there, from pickup truck makers to UTV makers. Toyota has its new 2024 Tacoma Overland trim as an icon of the former. Polaris has its new Xpedition lineup as icon of the latter. These are still UTVs (or side-by-sides) as you understand them. Polaris VP Reid Wilson said, “Our goal was to bridge the worlds of traditional side-by-sides and overlanding with a vehicle that allows the most passionate adventurers to go farther and deeper than ever and discover totally new destinations and experiences.” The differences between these and something like the Polaris General XP4 1000 Ultimate are in slightly more capacity and capability throughout, and the fact that Polaris has done much of the fitting-out work for you.
There's a two-seater Xpedition, but it can fit up to five people instead of the General's max of four, for instance. And every Xpedition is powered by Polaris' new 999-cc Pro Star Gen 2 engine with 114 horsepower, instead of the 100-hp ProStar on the General. The Xpedition gets a 12.5-gallon tank, largest in the Polaris lineup, offering a potential range of more than 200 miles on a fill-up. For the smoothest ride over that distance, Fox Podium QS3 shocks replace the Walker Evans shocks featured elsewhere among Polaris' models. The 30-inch Pro Armor Crawler XP tires help provide 14 inches of ground clearance and can swing through 14 inches of travel in front, 15 inches in the rear. A 4,500-pound-capacity winch sits up front on every trim, and all are able to carry a little more than 1,000 pounds in the beds and two 2,000 pounds.
