Not so way back, the Polaris RZR Pro R was the head of retail side-by-side domination, probably the most highly effective, fire-breathing hunk of off-highway 4-wheeling the world over. However, not solely has it been knocked off its thrown within the energy division, it isn’t even the flagship of the RZR household any longer. That honor now belongs to the all-new RZR Professional R Extremely Version. The brand new rig does not add any horsepower however higher applies what it has to all technique of tough, unimproved earth through an industry-first suspension improve.
Sway bars (see additionally: stabilizer bars or anti-roll bars) are crucial while you want them, horrible when you do not. By connecting the correct and left suspensions collectively, they stiffen up dealing with for much less physique roll throughout on onerous corners and quick sprints, delivering a pointy, tight trip – lovely on easy roads or stretches of flat, open desert, particularly when each tenth of a second issues.
However sway bars go unsuitable when that easy, flat floor turns offended and bumpy, diminishing the unbiased wheel articulation that helps to soak up impacts and increase traction via the tough stuff. Stuffing the wheel wells with a sophisticated long-spring off-road suspension system appears sort of foolish you probably have stiffeners limiting how successfully it really works.
On street-legal passenger vans and SUVs with an off-road focus, the “to sway or to not sway” dilemma has led to add-ons like stabilizer disconnect techniques from Toyota and Ford. However drivers in off-highway automobiles just like the RZR are likely to must get out of the cockpit and manually disconnect these sway bars as in the event that they’re nonetheless residing within the twentieth century, not a digital age approaching on a regular basis AI bots and self-flying automobiles.
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We suppose in case you spend all of your time in rock gardens and on root-ravaged forest flooring, you possibly can simply hold the sways disconnected. However if you would like exact cornering and confidence-boosting stability when pushing it onerous on easy path, you will need the sway bars again in your facet.
There are some aftermarket techniques to show sway management on and off, like Fox’s switchable QSE Sway Bar Disconnect, however Polaris equips the RZR Professional R Extremely Version with what it calls the {industry}’s first factory-integrated electronically managed hydraulic locking sway hyperlinks.
In plainer English, that is a sway bar disconnect system you handle from contained in the cockpit.
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Developed in cooperation with Suspension Direct Inc, the lively system works through three totally different settings. As with aftermarket switchable sway bar techniques, drivers can lock the sway bars in place for higher dealing with and stability at pace and unlock them utterly for optimum articulation throughout bumpy rock crawls.
However the Polaris setup additionally has a 3rd possibility that units it aside from bipolar lock/unlock sway bar techniques: semi-active mode. This mode leaves it as much as the RZR’s onboard administration system to investigate driving parameters like throttle, braking, steering and movement and lock or unlock the sway bars accordingly – as much as 200 occasions per second. The system is designed to offer the driving force exact wheel articulation for the bottom beneath tread, with out requiring they raise a single white knuckle off the steering wheel.
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The lively sway bars serve to additional improve Polaris’ already versatile Dynamix suspension suite. First debuted in 2017, Dynamix adjusts suspension damping primarily based on the situations on the bottom. It initially labored for simply compression damping however later added lively rebound damping with the launch of the Dynamix DV system on the 2022 RZR Professional R.
Referred to as Dynamix DVS, the newest model out there solely on the Professional R Final Version trickles down from Polaris’ race crew, and the corporate credit it with serving to to win the 2025 Baja 1000 and 2025 Rating Sequence Championship. The upgraded “DVS” model incorporates the sway bars into the fold for much more exact dealing with and cushier shock absorption. It options Fox 3.0 Stay Valve X2 inner bypass shocks and provides as much as 29 inches of wheel journey.
Past its tricked-out suspension, the Extremely Version does its “Professional R” label proud, drawing motivation from Polaris’ strongest 225-hp four-stroke inline-four. The selectable 4WD system lets customers set it to rear-wheel drive, 4WD with open entrance differential, or 4WD Lock, which spins all 4 wheels on the similar pace.
The Extremely Version distinguishes itself visually from ‘lesser’ RZR Professional R fashions with a race-inspired MPI steering wheel developed for exact, assured really feel really feel, a limited-edition “Velocity Blue” coloration possibility, 32-in BFGoodrich KM3 tires, and customized GatorStep inside accents.
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The Professional R made its public premiere at this month’s 2026 King of the Hammers off-road competitors in California and is accessible as a two-seater beginning at $46,999 or a four-seater at $50,999. Polaris plans to restrict manufacturing to a complete of 500 examples (two- and four-seaters mixed) worldwide. Deliveries will start this month.
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