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The first snowmobiles made do with as little as 5 horsepower (3.7 kW) engines, but engine sizes and efficiency have improved drastically. In the early 1990s, the biggest engines available (typically 600cc-800cc displacement range) produced around 115 hp (86 kW).
The first B7 (B for Bombardier and 7 for 7 passengers) snowmobiles were sold during the winter of 1936–37 and were well received. A new plant able to produce more than 200 vehicles a year was built in 1940. A new 12-passenger model was made available in 1941 which was referred to as the B12, but demand was halted when Canada entered World War ...
After military service in World War I, Jones returned to Hallock. He worked as a mechanic while learning about electronics. He built a transmitter for the town's first radio station. [17] He also invented a device to combine sound with motion pictures. [18] This attracted the attention of local entrepreneur Joseph A. Numero of Minneapolis ...
Car and car engine designers, chronologically by first vehicle/engine built Nicolaus Otto , developer of the first successful compressed charge gaseous fueled internal combustion engine (1860s-70s) Wilhelm Maybach , designed engines starting in the 1870s-80s; the first motorbike (1885), the second internal combustion car (1889)
Invented by a Floridian in the first half of the 20th century, competitions gained popularity after World War II. The United States' biggest swamp buggy races take place in Naples, Florida, each ...
Aktiv started making tracked vehicles 1957 with the Snow Trac, a small personal snowcat roughly the size of a compact car. The company started making small snowmobiles in 1973 after purchasing the Snö-Tric brand. The first dual-track snowmobiles that Aktiv made were the Snö-Tric Blå 75- and SC 20/2 75-. The Grizzly was also sold under ...
Robin (a subsidiary of Subaru Corporation) previously developed and supplied all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and snowmobile engines for Polaris 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 in house of the "Liberty ...
The 1000cc engine was introduced into the quad classification in the 2012 model year for both the Outlander and the Renegade series. The DS has four engine choices, a 450cc, 250cc, 90cc and 70cc. A 650cc engine was once available but has since been discontinued. An "X" trim level is available for the DS-450 and the DS-90.