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In 1959 he launched the Ski-Doo, which was originally planned to be called Ski-Dog but a printing accident spelt it as Ski-Doo and Bombardier considered that typo a fortuitous development for a new trademark for his company. The Ski-Doo was ranked 17th place on CBC Television's The Greatest Canadian Invention in 2007.
Ski-Doo is a brand name of snowmobile manufactured by Bombardier Recreational Products (originally Bombardier Inc. before the spin-off). The Ski-Doo personal snowmobile brand is so iconic, especially in Canada, that it was listed in 17th place on the CBC's The Greatest Canadian Invention list in 2007.
Joseph-Armand Bombardier started producing the Ski-Doo in 1959 at the request of a priest. [56] The priest had asked Bombardier to make an economical and reliable means of winter travel. [57] The Ski-Doo greatly changed life in northern North America's isolated communities, where Ski-Doo replaced sled dogs by the end of the 1960s.
In 1999 Ski-Doo introduced the ZX aluminum chassis which was lighter weight with better suspension and thus successful in sno-cross competition. In 2003 Ski-Doo introduced rider-forward REV chassis, which changed the sport and was followed by other manufacturers. In 2008 Ski-Doo introduced the XP chassis, which moved the rider further forward ...
However, in 1958, "Ski-Doo" was accidentally painted on the first prototype, and immediately became the popular name. [51] The public soon discovered the great fun of speedy vehicles zooming over snow, and a new winter sport was born, centered in Quebec. In the first year, Bombardier sold 225 Ski-Doos; four years later, 8,210 were sold.
It was founded in 1942 as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée (Bombardier Snow Car Limited) by Joseph-Armand Bombardier in Valcourt, Quebec, Canada. BRP owns manufacturing facilities in Canada , the United States , Mexico , Finland , and Austria BRP products including Can-Am all-terrain vehicles (ATV) and Side-by-Side (SxS, UTV, SSV) vehicles are ...
Sea-Doo, Bombardier brand of personal water craft; Sea-Doo XP, specific model of personal water craft; Sea-Doo GTX, specific model of personal water craft; Bombardier Invitation sailboat; Bombardier 7.6 sailboat
Ski-Doo, a brand of snowmobiles produced by Bombardier Recreational Products from this, skidoo as a generic term for all snowmobiles in much of Canada and other parts of the world; Skidoo, California, a ghost town in the United States; Skidoo, a 1968 film starring Jackie Gleason, Groucho Marx, and Carol Channing