Hi Guys,
The GCV engines are nothing new, they've been around for well over 20 years now before the boom of Chinese copy cat motors.
It was just about trying to compete on a more level playing field like Victa and other brands fitted with Briggs engines do.
The Victa's were nothing expensive in their build quality for many years now as everyone is clawing their way into more sales, but as nath has eluded to it's all down to the fact that the mower is merely nothing more than an appliance that serves a purpose and when that purpose has been served then it's replaced.
That is the world that business has built for itself, because if their items lasted then they'd all be out of business with the amounts of profit they seem to want to make each year to keep their share holders happy.
Cheers,
BB.
PS. I'm not having a dig at Victa here, even Scott Bonnar throughout their history always looked at ways of trimming the fat and throughout the life of the model 45 there were many changes made all in the name of more profit and relevance within the market that they competed in.
