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Arctic Cat is a North American manufacturer of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles. The company is based in Thief River Falls, MN.

d Johnson, Edgar Hetteen, and Allan Hetteen were partners in Hetteen Hoist and Derrick Shop in Roseau, Minnesota
Roseau, Minnesota

Roseau is a city in Roseau County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States.The population was 2,756 at the United States Census, 2000. It is the county seat of Roseau County, Minnesota....
. They designed and built a machine in 1954 to travel over snow. This company eventually became known as Polaris Industries
Polaris Industries

Polaris Industries is a snowmobile and All-terrain vehicle manufacturer, based in Medina, Minnesota, United States of America. The company also manufactures motorcycles, through its Victory Motorcycles subsidiary....
. Edgar left the company in June 1960 and started Polar Manufacturing in Thief River Falls.






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Arctic Cat is a North American manufacturer of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles. The company is based in Thief River Falls, MN.

History

David Johnson, Edgar Hetteen, and Allan Hetteen were partners in Hetteen Hoist and Derrick Shop in Roseau, Minnesota
Roseau, Minnesota

Roseau is a city in Roseau County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States.The population was 2,756 at the United States Census, 2000. It is the county seat of Roseau County, Minnesota....
. They designed and built a machine in 1954 to travel over snow. This company eventually became known as Polaris Industries
Polaris Industries

Polaris Industries is a snowmobile and All-terrain vehicle manufacturer, based in Medina, Minnesota, United States of America. The company also manufactures motorcycles, through its Victory Motorcycles subsidiary....
. Edgar left the company in June 1960 and started Polar Manufacturing in Thief River Falls. The company name later changed to Arctic Enterprises.

Arctic Enterprises began producing Arctic Cat snowmobiles in 1960. They later expanded to purchase boat manufacturers such as Spirit Marine, Silver Line, Larson
Larson

Larson may refer to:People with the surname Larson:*Larson In places:* Larson, North Dakota, a US cityIn fiction:* Larson , a character from the Tomb Raider series...
, and Lund. Spirit Marine produced the first Wetbike
Wetbike

A WetBike is a hydrofoil water motor cycle that is often described as cross between a motorcycle and a jet ski.The original wetbike was introduced in 1978 by Spirit Marine, a subsidiary of Arctic Cat ....
 in 1978.

A snowless winter in 1980 and over-production forced Arctic Enterprises to scale back operations and close their boat manufacturing subsidiaries. Arctic Enterprises went bankrupt in 1981 and ceased production in 1982. In 1984, a new startup company was formed, called Arctco, to continue production of the Arctic Cat snowmobile line. In 1996, the company officially changed its name to Arctic Cat.

In 2003, ATV sales surpassed those of snowmobiles due to years of lighter snowfall.

Snowmobiles

Arctic Cat is best known for their series of ZR snowmobile models: the 440, 500, 580, 600, 700, 800 and 900. Arctic Cat is also known for the lake
Lake

A lake is a terrain feature , a body of liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom of basin and moves slowly if it moves at all....
 racer
Racer

Racer may refer to:Snakes:* Coluber, a genus of harmless colubrid snakes.* Drymobius, a.k.a. neotropical racers, a genus of harmless colubrid snakes....
 Thundercat
Thundercat

The Thundercat is a snowmobile produced by Arctic Cat in the 1990s. In its time it was considered one of fastest and the most powerful sleds available ....
 snowmobile, which was the most powerful stock snowmobile available in the 1990's. Most ZR's and ZL's were replaced in 2003 by FireCat (F-Series) and in 2004 by the SaberCat, both featuring the cutting edge laydown engine. Big changes were made to the lineup for the 2007 model year; the new twin-spar chassis replaces all the F-chassis models and added the new Z1 Jaguar, which features a 1100cc
Engine displacement

Engine displacement is the volume swept by the all pistons of an engine in a single movement from top dead center to bottom dead center....
 4-stroke parallel twin. In 2009 the Z1 will be turbocharged to produce , more than any other production snowmobile. The SaberCat is due out with available electric start and reverse and diamond direct drive. The Crossfire and M-series remain on the same M-series chassis as last year, however, the liquid-cooled two-stroke engine packages have changed from 500, 600, and 700 laydowns to the all new 500, 600, 800 and 1000 cc models.

2009 models

Snowmobiles: Two Stroke Performance
  • F1000
  • F8
  • F6
  • F5
  • F570
  • CrossfireR
Hybrid
  • Crossfire
Mountain
  • M1000
  • M8
  • M6
Four Stroke Performance
  • Z1 Turbo
  • Z1


2008 models

Snowmobiles:
  • F 120 (youth)
  • F 570
  • F5 EFI
  • F5 EFI LXR
  • F6 EFI
  • F6 EFI LXR
  • F6 EFI Sno Pro
  • F8 EFI
  • F8 EFI LXR
  • F8 EFI Sno Pro 700
  • F1000 EFI
  • F1000 EFI LXR
  • F1000 EFI Sno Pro
  • Jaguar Z1
  • CrossFire 5
  • CrossFire 6
  • CrossFire 8
  • CrossFire 8 Sno Pro
  • CrossFire 1000
  • CrossFire 1000 Sno Pro
  • Panther 370
  • Panther 440
  • Panther 660 Touring
  • Bearcat 570
  • Bearcat 660 WideTrack
  • Bearcat 660 Turbo WideTrack Turbo
  • Bearcat 660 Turbo WideTrack Turbo Articulating Rail
  • T 570
  • T 500
  • TZ1 1100 LXR
  • M6 EFI 141
  • M6 EFI 153
  • M8 EFI 141
  • M8 EFI 153
  • M8 EFI 153 Sno Pro
  • M8 EFI 162
  • M1000 EFI 153
  • M1000 EFI 153 Sno Pro
  • M1000 EFI 162
  • M1000 EFI 162 Sno Pro@
  • Z 370
  • Z 570


All Terrain vehicles

Arctic Cat also manufactures a wide range of sport and utility ATVs (all terrain vehicles
All-terrain vehicle

An all-terrain vehicle is defined by the American National Standards Institute as a vehicle that travels on low pressure tires, with a seat that is straddled by the operator, along with handlebars for steering control....
). The engines range in size from 90 cc to 950 cc, with 650 cc H1, 700 cc H1, and 951 cc H2 engines being produced in Arctic's own facility. The 951 cc engine makes it the biggest ATV yet. Arctic Cat has also introduced a new 686 cc two-cylinder, the SOHC 4-stroke diesel engine. All other current gasoline engines are supplied by Suzuki
Suzuki

is a multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles, a full range of motorcycles, All-terrain vehicle, outboard motor, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines....
 and diesel engines by Lombardini. Arctic Cat ATVs all feature four stroke engines and full independent suspension without a sway bar - excluding DVX, youth and 250 cc models, which have a rear swing arm.

2007 models

ATVs
All-terrain vehicle

An all-terrain vehicle is defined by the American National Standards Institute as a vehicle that travels on low pressure tires, with a seat that is straddled by the operator, along with handlebars for steering control....
:
  • 90 2x4(youth)
  • 90 DVX 2x4(youth)
  • 250 2x4
  • 250 DVX(sport automatic)
  • 400 4x4 Automatic
    Automatic transmission

    An automatic transmission is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manual transmission....
  • 400 4x4 Automatic LE
  • 400 4x4
  • 400 4x4 Automatic TRV Plus
  • 400 DVX 2x4(sport)
  • 400 DVX LE Tony Stewart(sport)
  • 500 4x4 Automatic
  • 500 4x4
  • 700 EFI 4x4 Automatic
  • 700 H1 EFI 4x4 Automatic LE (new 2008)
  • 700 4x4 Diesel Automatic
  • 650 V2 4x4 Automatic
  • 650 H1 4x4 Automatic
  • 650 H1 4x4 Automatic LE
  • 650 H1 4x4 Automatic TBX
  • 650 H1 4x4 Automatic TRV Plus
  • 650 H1 4x4 Automatic TRV Plus LE
  • 1000 Thunder cat atv (new 2008)
  • Prowler 650 H1
  • Prowler 650 H1 XT
  • Prowler XT 700 H1 EFI
  • Prowler XTX 700 H1 EFI
  • Prowler XTZ 1000 H2 EFI


See also

  • Bombardier
    Bombardier

    Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian companies list of conglomerates, founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limit?e in 1942, at Valcourt , Quebec in the Eastern Townships, Quebec....
  • Logan Machine Company
    Logan Machine Company

    LMC is both the tradename and an abbreviation for Logan Manufacturing Company - a US manufacturer of snowcats that ceased operation in 2000....
  • Moto-Ski
    Moto-Ski

    Moto-Ski was a snowmobile brand that Bombardier stopped producing in the mid-1980s. Moto Skis were first manufactured in the 1960s. Snowmobiles under the name of "Moto-Ski" contained two-stroke engines and had a horsepower of 15-45....
  • Snowmobiles
  • Snowmobile skipping
    Snowmobile skipping

    Snowmobile Watercross or Snowmobile Skipping is a sport where snowmobile racers Hydroplaning their sleds across lakes or rivers....
  • Snowcat
    Snowcat

    A snowcat is an enclosed-cab, truck sized, fully caterpillar track vehicle designed to move on snow. Snowcats are often referred to as 'Snow groomer' because of their use for grooming ski trails or snowmobile trails....
  • Thiokol
    Thiokol

    Thiokol is a United States of America corporation concerned initially with rubber and related chemicals, and later with rocket and missile propulsion systems....
  • Snow Trac
    Snow Trac

    The Snow Trac is a small personal Snowcat that is roughly the size of a modern compact car....
  • Sno-Cat
    Sno-Cat

    The Tucker Sno-Cat is a tracked vehicle or a family of tracked vehicles for snow conditions. Different models have been used for expeditions in the Arctic and the Antarctic during the second half of the 20th century....
  • Snow coach
    Snow coach

    A snow coach is a specialized passenger transport vehicle, designed to operate over snow or ice, similar to alarge, multi-passenger snowcat that is equipped with bus style seating....
  • Vintage snowmobiling
    Vintage snowmobiling

    IntroductionVintage snowmobiling was designed by retired Snopro racers who wanted to relive their racing experiences and memories, but did not have the physical stamina and money required to field one of their old Sno-Pro sleds....


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