Two Chinese outboard manufacturers, Parsun and Hidea, have now pushed into the 200hp-plus territory that has long belonged to Yamaha, Mercury and Suzuki, and three more, Seatan, Calon Gloria and Aiqidi, currently top out between 60hp and 85hp. PBN is tracking each one as the story develops. This page is a running record, not a one-off article. It will be updated as new models launch, existing ones get replaced, and new brands earn a place in the comparison.

Last updated: 11 October 2026.

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Beyond the Flagships

The table ranks each brand by its most powerful engine, which leaves out Parsun’s other high-horsepower model. In March 2026 Parsun launched the D200, a 200hp-class diesel outboard, and moved it into mass production and delivery before the end of June. Its Shenzhen-listed parent, Dongfang Precision, describes the D200 as the only diesel outboard in that power bracket available anywhere in the world. The same interim report states that Parsun began mass production of the F300 in 2025 and delivered more than 200 units that year. PBN’s report on the filing has the full figures.

Seatan’s range has also reached Scandinavia. Dealer listings in Norway and Denmark offer CE-marked Seatan engines from 2.5hp up to a 60hp two-stroke, although none PBN has found includes the 85hp flagship.

Why This Bracket Matters

Yamaha, Mercury and Suzuki have long treated the high-horsepower outboard bracket, roughly 200hp and above, as protected ground. Reliability data, dealer density and resale value do more work at that end of the market than at the portable and mid-range end, where Chinese manufacturers established themselves first. Parsun’s F300 and Hidea’s EF200 are the first serious tests of whether that protection holds. Both engines undercut their Japanese and American equivalents by thousands of dollars, and both face the same open question: whether buyers trust the brand enough to take the saving before long-term reliability data exists.

Regulatory pressure in the EU and US is pushing the wider Chinese outboard sector toward EFI and electric propulsion, which is also raising the technical floor across the board. That shift is part of why brands that were portable-motor specialists five years ago are now producing four-stroke EFI models at all. Seatan’s line-up, spanning conventional petrol, LPG and electric outboards, is the clearest example yet of a manufacturer betting on breadth of technology rather than horsepower alone. Its 85hp flagship still has no independent review behind it, a gap that separates it from the established brands even as its specification sheet closes in on them.

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• Parsun’s Parent Posts 35% Outboard Revenue Growth, Launches World’s Only 200hp Diesel Outboard, on Dongfang Precision’s H1 2026 results

This page will be updated as Parsun, Hidea, Seatan, Calon Gloria and Aiqidi update their own ranges, and as new brands earn a place in the comparison.