Polaris is credited as one of the first makers of production snowmobiles. Edgar Hetteen and Allan Hetteen were partners in Hetteen Hoist and Derrick Shop in Roseau, Minnesota. David Johnson partnered with Allan and Edgar Hetteen, to create a vehicle that could travel through snow.
These vehicles' primary use was to make hunting locations more accessible. The employees worked overtime to finish their concept model in 1954. After creating it using a grain silo conveyor belt as a track and an old Chevy bumper for skis, they had the first snowmachine. They sold it to "Silver Pete", the lumber yard owner, for $465. A second model was created, called the Polaris Sno Traveler.
The first production model rolled off the assembly line in Minnesota in 1956. The original models weighed close to 1,000 lb (450 kg). and moved at a speed of about 20 mph (32 km/h). They came in a two-tone paintjob (white below blue with a strip or chrome trim dividing them). Polaris is also the top selling brand for automatic quads.
Edgar left the company in June 1960 and started a competing company called Polar Manufacturing in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. The company name later changed to Arctic Enterprises. That company continues on as Arctic Cat.
In May, 2009 Polaris Announced the creation of an On-Road Vehicle Division. The new division takes the existing skills and assets within the company and aligns them in a way that maximizes cohesive and strategic growth for Victory Motorcycles and other on-road products and brands.
Polaris Industries Inc (NYSE: PII) er en amerikansk produsent av snøscootere, ATV'er (All-Terrain Vehicles), vannscootere og motorsykler under varemerket Polaris. Selskapet ble etablert i 1954 og er basert i byen Medina i delstaten Minnesota.
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Polaris Industries (NYSE: PII) is all-terrain vehicles and snowmobile manufacturer based in Medina, Minnesota, USA. The company also manufactures motorcycles through its Victory Motorcycles
2008 models
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700 IQ
600RR
600 Dragon IQ
700 Dragon IQ
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600 Switchback
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550 RMK TRAIL
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RMK Shift 155
600 RMK 155
700 RMK 155
700 Dragon RMK 155
700 Dragon RMK 163
800 Dragon RMK 155
800 Dragon RMK 163
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340 Dump rider
550 LX
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