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Edgar Hetteen, who was described by the Snowmobile Hall of Fame in St. Germain, WI, as the father of the snowmobile, and Allan Hetteen, were partners in Hetteen Hoist and Derrick Shop in Roseau, Minnesota. Edgar had dropped out of school after the eighth grade. Their employees, David Johnson, partnered with Paul Knochenmus, and Orlen Johnson, who was the first person ever to ride a Polaris, 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. After returning from a trip, Edgar was shown the machine, but was skeptical of its value[2] and was disappointed that the group had spent company time and materials on the machine. The No 1 sled was soon sold to Roseau lumberyard owner "Silver Pete" H.F. Peterson for $465 in order to meet company payroll.[3] However, the employees continued to be focused on building snowmobiles and soon 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 paint job (white below blue with a strip or chrome trim dividing them). In order to publicize the new snowmobile and show their reliability and usefulness, in 1960 Edgar led three snowmobilers on a 1200 mile trek across the Alaskan wilderness, starting from Bethel, Alaska. The trip took three weeks, and much of the time, Edgar struggled to maintain 10 mph over the snow.[2][4] The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner put them on its front page. However, his absence caused problems for him with the company's board of directors. Soon after completing the trip, Edgar left the company in June and started a competing company called P |
Description |
Polaris Industries (NYSE: PII) is a manufacturer of snowmobiles, ATV, and neighborhood electric vehicles. Polaris is based in Medina, Minnesota, USA. The company also manufactures motorcycles through its Victory Motorcycles subsidiary. Polaris no longer produces watercraft. Robin (a subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries, which is the owner of Subaru) develops and supplies all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and snowmobile engines for U.S.-based leisure equipment maker Polaris Industries Inc. Starting in 1995 with the Polaris Magnum 425 4-stroke atv and in 1997, with the introduction of the "twin 700" snowmobile engine Polaris started the development and production of in-house produced powerplants, known as the "Liberty" line of engines, now found in many models across their current production lines. This production makes many Polaris products 100% American made. Fuji Heavy Industries now also maintains a US based production plant, in conjunction with Polaris, so that all engines are now American Made. In late 2005, Polaris Industries announced that it would purchase a portion of KTM Motorcycles. Through this venture KTM has developed their own ATV and Polaris has developed Sport ATVs which utilize the KTM 525 and 450 powerplants that have seen great success on the ATV racing circuit. In 2008, Polaris started backing H-Bomb films freestyle/race team The Bomb Squad. Alongside the Bomb Squad, Polaris also sponsors their own team, which has racers in all the GNCC, WORCS, WPSA, and ITP QuadCross series. |
Produits |
2011 models Deep snow PRO rmk 800 assault 800 Crossover assault switchback 800 rush Sport Polaris Outlaw 450 MXR Polaris Outlaw 525 S/IRS IQ r IQ rr IQ se Touring widetrak LX [edit] 2010 models Wiki letter w.svg This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. [edit] 2009 models ATV: Sportsman 850 XP Sportsman 800 Touring (Tandem ATV) Sportsman 500 X2 Trailboss 330 Side by Side (UTV): Ranger 400 H.O. Ranger 500 Ranger 700 EFI Ranger 6x6 Ranger RzR EFI Snowmobiles: IQ 600 HO IQ 600 HO CFI IQ FST IQ Dragon RMK Trail RMK 600 HO 144 RMK 600 HO 155 RMK Dragon SwitchBack 600 HO SwitchBack 600 HO CFI SwitchBack FST IQ LX 600 HO CFI IQ LX FST LX 340 LX 550 IQ Cruiser FST IQ Touring FS IQ Touring 600 HO CFI IQ Touring FST WideTrak LX Touring 340 Touring Trail Deluxe XC SP 500 Super Sport 550 120 Base Popular Past snowmobiles: Indy 650 Indy 600 XLT (Extra Light Triple) Indy lite Indy Storm Centurion Mustang Colt Star XC Models sportsman 500 95 + Victory Motorcycles: Vegas Base Vegas 8-Ball Vegas JackPot Kingpin Base Kingpin Tour Hammer Base Hammer S Ness Signature Series JackPot [edit] 2008 models Snowmobiles Performance IQ Shift 700 IQ 600RR 600 Dragon IQ 700 Dragon IQ Turbo Dragon Crossover 600 Switchback 700 Switchback Turbo Switchback 600 Dragon Switchback 700 Dragon Switchback Deep Snow 550 RMK TRAIL 600 RMK 144 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 Trail 120 Youth 340 Dump rider 550 LX SuperSport 600 IQ LX IQ Turbo LX Touring Trail Touring DLX FS IQ Touring 600 IQ Tourin |