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Kawasaki Just Teased a Supercharged UTV

A teaser for Project H2 shows a side-by-side and includes waste-gate sounds.

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We might have been more careful about calling Project H2 a UTV right off the bat, but this frame from the teaser is pretty clear.Kawasaki

Kawasaki has just teased what very much appears to be a forced-induction side-by-side under the code name Project H2. In a taunting and all-too-short YouTube spot steeped in the mise-en-scène from a ‘90s action movie, we see the silhouette of a sport side-by-side and hear the unmistakable whoosh of a waste gate.

As if the images and sound weren’t enough of a clue, there’s the name. The Kawasaki Ninja H2 is a supercharged, 999cc four-cylinder sportbike with up to 300 hp. Kawasaki has been notably without an open-class sport side-by-side to battle the likes of the RZR Pro R and Maverick R, but very much has the engine to go toe-to-toe with the North American rigs.

And if the other still wasn’t enough, there’s this still. Blurry as it is, that very much appears to be a side-by-side chucking sand in the domain of the Polaris RZR Pro R and the Can-Am Maverick R.Kawasaki

It’s really a pretty simple equation from there. What isn’t as easy to figure out is just how Kawasaki will play it. Will we see a fully wild, 300 hp, supercharged open-class side-by-side, or a modified KRX with a 200-odd horsepower version of the Ninja’s mill?

We thought this was coming last year when Kawasaki teased the four-cylinder Ridge utility rig, but the clues here are way stronger. All that’s left is to sit and wait. No word on how long Kawi will string us along.