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2016 shaping up to be a banner year for distributor PSB FOCUS 14 • June 13, 2016 • Powersports Business www.PowersportsBusiness.com This issue: Tire & Wheel Next issue: UTV-Sportu MTA Distributing is based in Corona, Calif. BUILT ON TIRE DISTRIBUTION, MTA See Page 18. SUCCEEDS 2016 shaping up to be a banner year for distributor SUCCEEDS w w w . p o w e r s p o r t s b u s i n e s s . c o m NEWS: AIMExpo dealer registration opens . . . . . . . PAGE 8 ATV/UTV: Kawasaki's 2017 ATV/UTV lineup . . . . . . . PAGE 22 CYCLE: KYMCO releases 125cc model . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 35 POWER 50: Texas dealer hosts vintage showcase . . . . PAGE 50 Polaris Industries announced in May that Bennett Morgan, president and chief operating officer, has retired. Morgan joined the company in 1987 and took on increasing roles of responsibility, including leading Polaris business units, until he was promoted into his current role in 2005. "Bennett dedi- cated his career to growing Polaris into the global powersports leader we are today. We thank Bennett for his significant contributions over the last 29 years and wish him well in his retirement," said Scott W. Wine, CEO and chair- man of Polaris. INSPIRING SUCCESS THROUGH MARKET INTELLIGENCE New platform Ski-Doo dealers are introduced to an all-new snowmobile plaform/engine combination. SEE PAGE 40 HOTNEWS On top again Ducati dealers three-peat as the top scorers in Pied Piper's Prospect Satisfaction Index. SEE PAGE 30 All in the family Alex Josefson leads Spectro as the third generation steps in. SEE PAGE 47 PSB: FOCUS Tire & Wheel SEE PAGE 14 See Hot News, Page 4 June 13, 2016 • Volume 19, Number 9 • $3.99 Polaris president, COO Bennett Morgan retires BENNETT MORGAN Hisun's top dealers head to China Hisun USA treated its top 3 dealers to a memorable visit to its factory in Chongqing. PSB editor in chief Dave McMahon had a front-row seat on the whirlwind excursion. Page 6. Based on 2015 sales, the top three Hisun dealers in the U.S. earned a trip to the company's sprawling factory in Chongqing, China. (From left) Dave and Dawn Luce, owners of TNT Automotive Sales, Inc. in Billings, Mont.; Dave and Christine Ballard, owners of Ballard Golf Cars and Powersports, Couer d'Alene, Idaho; regional sales managers Steven Starkey and Dona Thach; Javaughn and Bridgette Spencer, own- ers of Lowcountry Powersports in Beaufort, S.C.; and Ryan Daugherty, Hisun USA vice president of sales and marketing. Chongqing, home to Hisun, is known for its spicy fare, and a stroll through the Hongya Cave found plenty of it. Hisun's Sector 750 UTV has seen strong sales in the U.S. thanks to its starting MSRP of $9,999 and its standard aluminum rims, roof, windshield, LED lighting, winch and more. The 7.1 million-square-foot Hisun factory in Chongqing gave the dealers a chance to see the dedication to quality performed by the company's designers, engineers, testing crew and line workers. The Clock Tower in Jiefangbei is the center of pedestrian shopping mall that features dozens of upscale stores. The Ballards, Luces, Daugherty and Starkey from Hisun, and the Spencers stopped for a photo.