They carry on production to this day, their latest snowmobile model being the Jaguar Z1, which features a 1100cc, 4-stroke parallel twin. Things went rather smoothly and the company was officially renamed Arctic Cat in 1996. In 1984, another company called Arctco was formed, a company meant to continue the production of Arctic Cat snowmobiles. The result was that one year later the company went bankrupt and production was shut down in 1982. But after a while, in 1980, Arctic Enterprises faced some rough times because of soft winters without snow and over-production. The first Arctic Cat snowmobile was produced in 1960 and the company soon grew bigger and bigger, starting to buy boat manufacturers like Silver Line, Lund and Spirit Marine.
He named it Polar Manufacturing but later on, the name was changed into Arctic Enterprises. Edgar Hetteen then broke the partnership with Johnson and started his own company in 1960. They built a vehicle which was able to travel over snow, and the company became known as Polaris Industries. Its roots can be traced back to 1954, when David Johnson, Edgar Hetteen and Allan Hetteen became partners in Hetteen Hoist and Derrick Shop in Roseau, Minnesota. Arctic Cat is an ATV and snowmobile manufacturer from America.
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