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2012 Polaris RZR 570 SxS / UTV

2012 Polaris RZR 570 SxS / UTV Test Ride Review

2012 Polaris RZR 570 SxS / UTV
2012 Polaris Ranger RZR 570 UTV
Lac La Belle, MI - Polaris released their first trail friendly Side-by-Side in the way of the Ranger RZR 800 back in 2008, but ever since, Polaris has focused its attention on expanding the RZR line-up each year with a more power and / or larger member of the RZR family, but for 2012, Polaris has switched gears by adding the RZR 570 SxS to the Ranger model line-up with an affordable base price of $9,999 MSRP.

Over the past four years, the economy has taken a dramatic down-turn since the release of the original RZR 800, and prices have been on the rise ever since with inflation, which has limited the buying power of many consumers looking to jump into the SxS market, so Polaris is hoping the RZR 570 will be the ticket for those on a tighter budget.

Based on the Polaris RZR 800, the Polaris RZR 570 was designed specifically for trail riding but with a budget in mind. At a narrow width of just 50 inches wide, it is over 8 inches narrower than most of its larger competitors, and is just two inches wider than most standard sport quads. Polaris claims that its new compact Side-by-Side is agile and powerful, yet offers a smooth and comfortable ride, so we at ATVRiders.com jumped at the opportunity to take it for a spin and see for ourselves at the Polaris press event in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Polaris invited us to the Keweenaw ATV Club Trails in Michigan for this particular test ride. We decided that for this occasion, we would bring along Pro ATV racer, Beau Baron, who has been having a lot of success behind the wheel of our 2012 Polaris RZR XP 900 this season in the WORCS series with three class wins under his belt so far this year.

2012 Polaris RZR 570 SxS / UTV
The leaves were in peak color for our RZR 570 test ride
In the past, the Keweenaw trail system was primarily reserved for snowmobilers in the winter, but for the past several years, the Keweenaw ATV Club has been working on opening the trail system to ATV and SxS enthusiast, and with some recent law changes, they are hopeful to have the trails open to the public in the next year.

The weather was great for our ride with unseasonably warm temperatures and sunny skies. There were plenty of photo opportunities as well with all of the fall foliage in peak color with nearly all the trees ablaze in reds, yellows, and oranges, which made for a beautiful ride.

2012 Polaris RZR 570 SxS / UTV

The Keweenaw ATV Club laid out nearly 90 mile long loop for our test ride, but due to delays with doing photos, the ride was shortened to just around 60 miles, which was more than enough time on the Polaris RZR 570 to get a feel for it

Our test ride covered about 60 miles of trail and featured plenty of elevation changes as we rode along the shores of Lake Superior to the mountain tops over 700 feet above the lake. It was a great location to test out the Polaris RZR 570 as the trails had a little bit of everything from rocky sections, water crossings, high speed straight aways, and tight and twisting trails for a real feel of how the RZR 570 would perform is various different kinds of terrain, and with a full day of riding planned, we had ample time to give the RZR a thorough work out and test everything from handling to top speed and were very pleased with how things went.
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