Conceived by engineer and racecar driver Francois Favreau, the Buzz snowmobile was introduced by Autotechnic Inc., of Montreal, Quebec, for the 1970 snow season. Built in St.-Pie-de-Bagot, Quebec, the Buzz ...

With apologies to country music star Alan Jackson, did you ever consider buying yourself a Mercury and cruising up and down the trail? Mercury snowmobiles had a certain allure, and ...

The locals in the small mountain hamlet of Storsjo, Sweden, still talk about Rolle Sjogren’s great snowmobile adventure in 2001 when he set out from his mountain cabin, drove into ...

Detroit native Bob Bracey was an automotive engineer who had worked for each of the American Big Three automakers and for the company that built Ford’s successful GT-40 racecar. Bracey ...

The pale light of the early morning sun illuminated the new machine on the full-page color brochure photo. The message was unmistakable. The 1976 Ski-Doo T’NT RV was the beginning ...

In 1977 Scorpion unveiled its new ’78 Whip TK premium trail sled, a machine about which many people are aware. But Scorpion’s first TK was actually the 1973 Super StingerTK.  ...

At 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 2, 1971, Arctic Enterprises Inc. (AEI) completed building its 100,000th snowmobile for model year 1972 – a Panther 440 – marking the first time ...

Wheel Horse Products Inc. was formed in 1946 to produce lawn and garden tractors and related outdoor power equipment. But by the late 1960s, it was yet another hard goods manufacturer ...

When Kawasaki introduced its new-for-1980 LTD 4/6, there was some confusion over whether it was a performance sled or a luxury sled – or if it was some of both. ...

After demonstrations of coil spring ski suspension superiority by Skiroule and Polaris on oval racetracks during the 1976-77 seasons, Arctic Cat won the “race” to market a coil spring trail ...