Got my second truck in with 2010 Arctic Cats today. First truck had the 2010 TRV's and this one had my Prowlers. Sweet, they've switched the parking brake to the XTZ style now.

Tires are Duro Brand, looks good, just have to see how they hold up. The 550XTs have the old style aluminum rims (ala 2007, 2008).

First 2010 XTX is already sold....

Now if we can just get our XTZs here...

A couple of my buddies and I decided the best way to start off the new year was with a trail ride. We are located in NW New Mexico and surrounded with high desert plateau. Temps were in the 40's and clear sky...perfect day.
We headed out with one of my Prowlers (XTX 700-Stocker, left the modded one at home so I could compare the AC and the RZR). The ground varied from deep clay mud to frozen snow to sand and sandstone.
We did note that the for this type of area, the Prowler handled great, much better than the RZR. We found that the RZR pushed through corners with lots of understeer, had too little of ground clearance with 2 riders and had no power advantage over the XTX. In fact, the XTX outran the RZR in a 4 mile race down a sandwash (filled with switchbacks and drop offs). The RZR wanted to swap ends everytime they got above 40mph and bottomed out coming off the drop offs while the XTX ran smooth and felt stable the entire time... I can see why the Prowlers did so well at the recent BAJA 1000.
Here are some pics...

Talk about little ground clearance:

Why do it with a 50" model. Most people that hop up RZRs and Rhinos add wheel spacers or change the suspension to make it wider. That way they are more stable, ala, Prowler. I've ridden many trails on my Prowler and the biggest problem is the rollcage interfering with tree limbs. The body of my Prowler is only 8 inches wider than most large bore ATVs (AC lists it at 60 inches, but I've measured mine at the fenders at 57 inches). That is just fine for most trails.
Rzr'z and Rhino's have a much higher chance of rollover than the Prowler, hence no need for doors and lawsuits.
The local Polaris and Yamaha dealer is a buddy of mine and he says that every one of the Rzr's he's sold have been rolled, the first two he sold were rolled in his parking lot. The Rhinos are better, but still more apt to roll.
I love the width of my Prowler just fine. And I ride in National Forests, on Jeep 4X4 Trails and high desert plateau (ie: Moab and northern Arizona).

Black Magic Powersports, but as of a few days ago, they are closing. Speedwerx is making quite a few go-fast goodies for AC now. I can vouch for Hunterworks being a good company to deal with. Todd, the owner is very much a UTV sport enthusiast and works to take care of his customers.

Check out the Baja Accessories for the Prowler too, rear Cage Bars, Tire Mount, new Bumpers front and rear...
Here's a download catalog of the 2009 goodies..
http://assets.arcticcat.com/atv/pdf/cat … log_US.pdf

Yes, AC is stepping it up, bigger motors, better chassis, gas shocks etc. Yes, the axles across the entire AC line up have been beefed up quite a bit. I ran the XTZ hard, double jumped it, powerslides around corners, hit a rock pile at high speed to see the shocks jump into action..all to find that this is by far the best UTV on the market. It'll outrun the Rzr by quite a bit, it'll out jump the Rhinos and out pull the Ranger...This machine is awesome.
For a write up on this machine and to see some more photos of mine, check out this link...
http://www.utvguide.net/arctic_cat_prowler_xtz1000.htm