[TheBlizzard]

If I had to list them in order of my preference regarding the newer sleds it would be:

Rev
Fusion
F7

This is just my personal opinion though, the F7 I rode was a buddies and he loves it to death.

The thing about snowmobiles to me is that everybody has different comfort levels and different riding skills. You want to find a sled the caters to your needs, not the "coolest one".

The XC sleds are very aggressively setup for experience riders, the limiter straps come tightened way down so you have to have some strong arms to ride the thing because it just picks up and goes. There is no give in the suspension the way mine is setup. The fox shocks in the front come fairly soft so the sled doesn't push into corners, but you better be ready to compensate for the rear shocks stiffness or it wants to tip on you.

F7 as well are not for first time riders. I don't care if you have beaten around on a 440 when you were a kid. Its a whole lot of sled to handle. For first time riders on some of the newer models I would suggest a 440 liquid cooled like Nash's sled. Fast out of the hole, handles great, nice and light, and goes about 80 mph maxed out.

You take my XC 600 which traps at 105 mph in the 2000' mark and a F7 which traps even higher. You mix that with a inexperienced over confident rider and you have a death trap waiting to happen in my opinion.