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The company name later changed to Arctic Enterprises; in the mid-1980s it filed for bankruptcy amid declining industry snowmobile sales with a recession and overproduction in a poor winter which continued the demise of many manufacturers. The company emerged from bankruptcy and continues on today as Arctic Cat.
Arctic Cat is an American brand of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles manufactured in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. The company was formed in 1960 and is now part of Textron Inc. Arctic Cat designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets all-terrain vehicles , snowmobiles and related parts, garments (such as snowmobile suits ), and accessories.
The Thundercat series was introduced in 1993, as Arctic Cats entry into the Musclesled category. [1] These sleds feature extremely powerful engines placed in chassis derived from racing models. The first-gen featured a Suzuki-produced, counterbalanced case-reed triple cylinder 2-stoke 900cc engine, which produced 161.5 horsepower .
Tigershark is a defunct subsidiary of Arctic Cat that produced personal watercraft (PWC) from 1993 until 1999. [2] Tigershark PWCs were designed to be light, sporty and inexpensive, but early models had a reputation for poor build quality, and the brand suffered, despite significant improvements with the introduction of the 1997 models.
In mid-January 2023, Arcimoto, running low on cash, idled its factory and floated the possibility of bankruptcy. [12] [13] [14] Since April 2024, the Arcimoto website has remained deactivated and inaccessible. Arcimoto's 2023 Q3 report showed it with $9.5 million of bills past due and $232k on hand.
A snowmobile tour at Yellowstone National Park First person view of a snowmobile driven through Yellowstone National Park.. A snowmobile, also known as a snowmachine (chiefly Alaskan), motor sled (chiefly Canadian), motor sledge, skimobile, or snow scooter, is a motorized vehicle designed for winter travel and recreation on snow.
Outdoor Voices was a direct-to-consumer darling once valued at $110 million—but the activewear brand has had a long fall from its glory days.
As the market for minibikes developed, a variety of cottage and major industries offered models, including Arctic Cat, Rupp, Taco, Heath, Gilson, and Fox. Traditional motorcycle manufacturers also released models inspired by aspects of minibikes, most famously Honda with the Z50A , [ 5 ] though this style was nicknamed a Monkey Bike due to its ...