The 2021 Sea-Doo GTX Limited 300 is poised to debut the watercraft world’s first 7.8-inch full colour digital instrument display with smartphone connectivity via a dedicated app.
The first shipments of Sea-Doo’s supercharged luxury-performance flagship are due in Australia in early 2021, priced from $26,699 not including trailer and registration (an increase of $200 compared to the 2020 model).
Sea-Doo’s revolutionary reverse thrust debris removal technology (outlined here) is also available on the 2021 Sea-Doo GTX Limited 300 for an extra $1200, bringing the RRP to $27,899 not including trailer and registration.
This makes the 2021 Sea-Doo GTX Limited 300 with IDF (intelligent debris-free system) the most expensive watercraft on sale in Australia today. The first deliveries are not due in Australia until early 2021, and even then stock will be limited.
The silver exterior hull and deck with blue highlights carries over from 2020 to the 2021 model year Sea-Doo GTX Limited 300.
The 7.8-inch widescreen (pictured above) has been adapted from motorcycles and snow-mobiles from Sea-Doo’s sister brands CanAm and Ski-Doo.
The display has a night and day mode, and Sea-Doo says it has clear visibility even in bright sunlight.
However, unlike the 4.3-inch digital display on the current generation Yamaha FX series (pictured below), the Sea-Doo instrument cluster is not a touch screen.
For now, Sea-Doo’s high-tech instrument display remains exclusive to the most expensive model in its range, however the technology could eventually make it way onto other Sea-Doo models.
The 2021 Sea-Doo GTX Limited 300 shares the same ST3 top deck and hull as the Sea-Doo Fish Pro, Sea-Doo Wake Pro, and Sea-Doo RXT-X300 which still run the older LCD instrument display.
However for 2021 the casing around the cluster has been modified on those models, ready for a possible upgrade by Sea-Doo at a later date.
Sea-Doo says the new 7.8-inch colour screen enables smartphone connectivity and when paired via the company’s BRP Connect app, riders will have screen access to weather forecasts and music functions.
BRP Connect also enables riders to see where his or her buddy is if they have a Sea-Doo with the same digital display – and both riders agree to share each other’s location.
Sea-Doo says it is the watercraft industry’s “first app-enabled Bluetooth display, providing full control of music, navigation, weather and more, all while keeping both hands on the handlebars”.
The first shipments of the 2021 Sea-Doo GTX Limited 300 are due in Australian showrooms in early 2021, pending any unforeseen delays in shipping and freight forwarding, which tends to delay deliveries of watercraft at this time of year.
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