Well I finally got to log some miles on the RZR and all I can say is this thing was worth every penny I haven't done much of anything in the way of mods and honestly it really doesn't need it. Out of the box this thing rocks. The ride is incredible, so smooth that its hard to tell how fast you're going without looking at the speedo. After giving my niece a ride over some ruff stuff she is familiar with, I had asked her what see thought of the RZR and her response was "I don't know but this thing is soooo smoooooth".

Pros:
Very smooth ride quality, gobs of smooth power, EFI, AWD, 50" max width - trail legal, ability to carry a passenger, 1500# towing capacity, has a certain buggy feel to it, sporty design, factory side nettings, very plush seats, passenger OS bar, tilt wheel, very bright headlights, backup/work lights, tons of accessories available from manufacture and after market with more coming every day, fairly quiet - easy to talk to your passenger without having to yell at speed, seatbelts that lock in and hold you in when going over the ruff stuff, good stock tires, surprisingly roomy cab area for a machine that maintains the 50" max trail width, engine braking without having engine braking, the grin it puts on my grill every time I drive it and all around fun factor.

Cons:
Ugly black wheels - first thing to go, small battery - slightly bigger than the ones found on a 150 buggy, slow steering (3 full turns lock to lock, will take a little getting used too), firewall not sealed well allowing some heat from the radiator to enter the cab - good for winter - bad for summer, very touchy/twitchy gas pedal - hard to maintain slow steady speeds.

Here's a couple pics after putting my take-off wheels from my sportsman on.

NICE!
They look like alot of fun.

As far as speed... The RZR is equal to a SP 700 EFI... At our Broken Bow ride about 6 weeks ago... I raced cc1999 on his rzr with my wifes 06 700 and they were dead even pretty much in a 100 yard sprint.....

They are a lot of fun and you're right about the speed, I raced my '04 700 with it and pulled it by half a quad length in 100 yards. Fast fun machine...

I rode CC1999 RZR, and I agree its alot of fun to ride. I am not big into side by sides, but the RZR is the only side by side that comes close to me in buying one.

I also agree on the negatives. At slow speeds the gas pedal is very twitchy and jumpy. Supposedly, Polaris had a recall on that, and it has been fixed. You might want to look into that.

Congrats on the new ride.

You would think polaris would have put their aluminum wheels on the rzr, like the one that come on the quads. The black stamped wheels are just an injustice to that thing!!!!!!!

I think they are trying to keep the price under 10k so to save money they put the stamped steel rims on it. Does look a lot better with the crome dont it

They just raised the MSRP to 10299.