Polaris Off-Street Autos unveiled Tuesday the the Polaris RZR Professional R Race Reproduction Restricted Version, a UTV modelled after the RZR Professional R Manufacturing unit that at the moment leads the SCORE Worldwide Professional UTV Open class standings and received the newest Dakar Rally in January.
Because the title suggests, it’s a duplicate of the second-generation RZR Professional R Manufacturing unit utilized by Polaris Manufacturing unit Racing. Like its predecessor for a lot of 2023, it has been the quickest UTV outright in any respect three SCORE rounds to this point in 2024 with Cayden MacCachren and Brock Heger; the latter received the 2023 Professional UTV Open championship whereas the previous is atop the category factors with the Baja 1000 to go.
A rally variant constructed by PFR for Sébastien Loeb Racing received the 2024 Dakar Rally within the SSV class with Xavier de Soultrait, marking the primary time a producer apart from Can-Am topped the category since 2018. PFR technical director Alex Scheuerell revealed to The Checkered Flag that the rally mannequin was the primary second-generation UTV to return “out of our workshop.” Heger and PFR team-mate Max Eddy Jr. may also race the 2025 Dakar in a single.
Being designed after the race automobile, the Race Reproduction is extra sturdy than the normal RZR with strengthened bumpers. It additionally comes with a rear mild bar from Inflexible Industries an identical to that used on the Professional R Manufacturing unit, and a forward-facing 32-inch entrance mild bar on the roof that tasks 20 thousand lumens as much as 3,077 toes 937 m). Methodology Race Wheels‘ 407 Bead Grip wheels, that are additionally utilized by PFR, are hooked up to 32-inch KM3 tyres from BFGoodrich.
Rockford Fosgate additionally offers a Stage 6 audio package that comes with a 400-watt subwoofer. By comparability, the standard RZR has a Stage 4 system.
Different components come from the 2025 RZR Professional R Final, which was revealed in August, just like the revived fang-based mild design.
“The RZR Professional R Race Reproduction is a really particular car that embodies Polaris’ deep-rooted ardour for racing and the flat-out dominance of our Polaris Manufacturing unit Racing staff,” commented Polaris vice chairman and basic supervisor Reid Wilson. “Not solely is racing integral to our historical past and our DNA, it continues to be the last word proving floor for all RZR automobiles and their wonderful capabilities, which permits us to ship our clients with the perfect sport side-by-sides available on the market. This limited-edition mannequin celebrates that success, whereas additionally acknowledging the unbelievable assist of our sponsors who drive our racing programme ahead.”
The Race Reproduction Restricted Version additionally boasts a purple livery based mostly on MacCachren’s UTV. Whereas not precisely the preferred color for a race automobile, to the purpose the place TCF even requested MacCachren about it in April, he’s a fan. The color was assigned to MacCachren by staff principal Travis Clarke shortly after PFR’s formation; Heger races with yellow whereas Eddy has a blue automobile.
“[Clarke] checked out me and stated, ‘You’re purple,’ and everyone began laughing and I didn’t know why,” MacCachren recalled. “I feel purple’s fairly cool and it goes together with some colors and I feel it’s very in proper now. I’ve completely no drawback with purple and I feel it will get lots of consideration and I really like that and might convey extra consideration to the staff and the race automobile. I feel it seems to be actually good on the race automobile and in addition on the driving fits and among the staff shirts, so I feel it’s just a little bit completely different of a coloration that hasn’t been seen in off-road racing or any racing to be trustworthy.
“I’m absolutely behind the purple and name me what you’ll, however the purple wins, it seems to be like, so I prefer it and I’m going to maintain it for so long as I can.”
250 fashions might be produced and bought in each two- and four-seater editions. The previous may have a producer’s steered retail worth (MSRP) of USD$45,999 (€42,529.45) whereas the latter goes for $49,999 (€46,227.74).
