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The smaller Yamaha gets the largest tank at a whopping 5.3 gallons.

Remarkably, the larger engines do not get larger gas tanks, in this case. Other numbers in the fuel department we are always concerned with are tank capacities. Suzuki also uses a single 46mm EFI system for the KingQuad, and Yamaha equipped the Grizzly with a single 40mm EFI. The Outlander has a single 46mm unit while Polaris uses two 40mm throttle bodies. All four engines are fed by electronic fuel injection systems. Actual displacement numbers on the KingQuad and Grizzly are 722cc and 686cc, respectively. The Suzuki has a dual-overhead cam, four-valve head, while the Yamaha has a single-overhead cam also operating four valves. The smaller engines found in the Suzuki KingQuad and Yamaha’s Grizzly are single-cylinder designs. That Polaris mill is a twin-cylinder design utilizing a parallel construction with a single overhead cam. It has been proven very reliable over the years, and Can-Am claims it has more horsepower than even the 850cc Polaris Sportsman powerplant.

Can-Am stuffs a huge 799cc, SOHC, four-valve, V-twin mill in the Outlander. Kawasaki and Arctic Cat have yet to join in the game.Īll four engines are distinctively different from one another. Yamaha was the first to incorporate power steering on an ATV. We looked at features such as comfort, ease of use, power, handling (loaded and unloaded), price, fuel mileage, fit and finish, accessories and more. This is an added value of well over $500 for the winch from companies like and another $20 for hand guards purchased at To pick a winner, we subjected these machines to days of torture in the mountains, deserts, mud bogs and snow. However, keep in mind that the highest price $10,749 Can-Am Outlander comes standard with a 3000-pound winch and a wind deflector.

Suzuki wins the price war with their dated $8699 offering. All of the machines in this test are 2010 models except the KingQuad, which is a 2009. In this test, we pitted the power-steering-equipped, big-bore, 4x4s head to head in a no-holds-barred shootout.