Snowmobile Of The Year: Past Honorees

Each season since 1991, Snow Goer magazine has selected a snowmobile as its Snowmobile of the Year. The selection criteria includes new technology, innovation, fresh-thinking, marketing buzz and products or ideas that move the sport of snowmobiling forward. Here’s a look at the snowmobiles that topped the list in each year, along with live links to stories that were posted online from each year’s writeup about their victory. 

1991 Arctic Cat EXT Special

1992 Yamaha Vmax-4

1993 Polaris Indy XLT Special

1994 Arctic Cat ZR 440

1995 Polaris Indy XLT Special

1996 Ski-Doo MX Z 583

1997 Yamaha Vmax 700 SX

1998 Arctic Cat ZR 600 EFI

1999 Polaris Indy 700 XC SP

2000 Yamaha SRX 700

2001 Polaris Indy 600 XC SP

2002 Ski-Doo MX Z 800

2003 Yamaha RX-1

2004 Ski-Doo MX Z 600 H.O. SDI

2005 Arctic Cat M7 153

2006 Yamaha Apex GT

2007 Yamaha Phazer

2008 Ski-Doo MX-Z 600 H.O. SDI X 

2009 Ski-Doo MX Z TNT 600 H.O. E-TEC

2010 Polaris 600 Rush

2011 Yamaha Apex SE

2012 Arctic Cat ProCross F 1100 Turbo Sno Pro

2013 Polaris 800 Pro-RMK

2014 Ski-Doo GSX SE 900 ACE

2015 Polaris 800 Switchback Pro-S

2016 Ski-Doo MXZ Blizzard 800 E-TEC

2017 Ski-Doo MXZ X 850 E-TEC

2018 Arctic Cat ZR 200 and Yamaha SnoScoot

2019 Arctic Cat M 8000 Alpha One 

2020 Polaris 850 Indy XC 137

2021 Polaris 650 Indy VR1 129

2022 Ski-Doo Mach Z

2023 Ski-Doo Summit X with Expert Package 850 E-TEC Turbo R