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Arctic Cat Inc.
Company type	Public
Industry	Recreational Vehicles
Headquarters	Thief River Falls, MN, USA
Key people	Christopher A. Twomey
Number of employees	1,630
Website	www.arctic-cat.com

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Arctic Cat (Nasdaq: ACAT) is a North American manufacturer of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles. The company is based in Thief River Falls, MN.

Snowmobiles

Arctic Cat, the best sleds in the whole entire ss "solar system" also known as "snow cats", is best known for their series of ZR snowmobile models which utilized two stroke motors in the early to late 1990s. Most ZR's and ZL's were replaced in 2003 by the Firecat series, derived from their 2002 championship sled. It was derived from the "Skinny Mini" prototype sled. The prototype sled had features different from other sleds at that time, by utilizing parts that provided more than one role and a track that was had less width then other sleds, reducing rotating mass. These sleds featured a laydown type engine, which was centered low in the sled to centralize mass. Well known sleds of this time include the Arctic Cat Firecat F7, a 700cc two stroke with 140 horsepower. High speeds were possible with this sled because of the efficiency of the chassis due in part to the smaller width of the track. Big changes were made to the lineup for the 2007 model year a new chassis was introduced which was called a twin-spar chassis replacing all previous models while added a new 4 stroke engine, the Z1 Jaguar. It featured a 1100cc 4-stroke parallel twin. In 2009 the Z1 was turbocharged to produce 177 horsepower (132 kW), 20 horsepower (15 kW) which is more than any other production snowmobile.^[2] The Crossfire and M-series remain on the same M-series chassis which is a spinoff from the original Firecat Chassis.

2010 models

M sleds

M1000
M800
M600

2009 models

Snowmobiles: Two Stroke Performance

F1000
F8
F6
F5
F570
CrossfireR

Hybrid

Crossfire
1000
600
800

Mountain

M1000
M8
M6

Four Stroke Performance

Z1 Turbo
Z1

2008 models

Snowmobiles:

F 120 (youth)
F 570
F5 EFI
F5 EFI LXR
F6 EFI
F6 EFI LXR
F6 EFI Sno Pro
F8 EFI
F8 EFI LXR
F8 EFI Sno Pro 700
F1000 EFI
F1000 EFI LXR
F1000 EFI Sno Pro
Jaguar Z1
CrossFire 5
CrossFire 6
CrossFire 8
CrossFire 8 Sno Pro
CrossFire 1000
CrossFire 1000 Sno Pro
Panther 370
Panther 440
Panther 660 Touring
Bearcat 570
Bearcat 660 WideTrack
Bearcat 660 Turbo WideTrack Turbo
Bearcat 660 Turbo WideTrack Turbo Articulating Rail
T 570
T 500
TZ1 1100 LXR
M6 EFI 141
M6 EFI 153
M8 EFI 141
M8 EFI 153
M8 EFI 153 Sno Pro
M8 EFI 162
M1000 EFI 153
M1000 EFI 153 Sno Pro
M1000 EFI 162
M1000 EFI 162 Sno Pro@
Z 370
Z 570

All Terrain vehicles

Arctic Cat also manufactures a wide range of sport and utility ATVs (all terrain vehicles). The engines range in size from 90 cc to 950 cc, with 650 cc H1, 700 cc H1, and 951 cc H2 engines being produced in Arctic's own facility. The 951 cc engine makes it the biggest ATV yet. Arctic Cat has also introduced a new 686 cc two-cylinder, the SOHC 4-stroke diesel engine. All other current gasoline engines are supplied by Suzuki and diesel engines by Lombardini. Arctic Cat ATVs all feature four stroke engines and full independent suspension without a sway bar - excluding DVX, youth and 250 cc models, which have a rear swing arm.

2007 models

ATVs:

90 2x4(youth)
90 DVX 2x4(youth)
250 2x4
250 DVX(sport automatic)
400 4x4 Automatic
400 4x4 Automatic LE
400 4x4
400 4x4 Automatic TRV Plus
400 DVX 2x4(sport)
400 DVX LE Tony Stewart(sport)
500 4x4 Automatic
500 4x4
700 EFI 4x4 Automatic
700 H1 EFI 4x4 Automatic LE (new 2008)
700 4x4 Diesel Automatic
650 V2 4x4 Automatic
650 H1 4x4 Automatic
650 H1 4x4 Automatic LE
650 H1 4x4 Automatic TBX
650 H1 4x4 Automatic TRV Plus
650 H1 4x4 Automatic TRV Plus LE
1000 Thunder cat atv (new 2008)
Prowler 650 H1
Prowler 650 H1 XT
Prowler XT 700 H1 EFI
Prowler XTX 700 H1 EFI
Prowler XTZ 1000 H2 EFI ^[3]

References

^ "Company Profile for Arctic Cat Inc (ACAT)". Retrieved 2008-10-21.
^ http://www.supertraxmag.com/article.asp?nid=1100
^ http://www.prowlerforums.net

External links

[zenobank-1] "Company Profile for Arctic Cat Inc (ACAT)". Retrieved 2008-10-21.

[2] ttp://www.supertraxmag.com/article.asp?nid=1100

[3] ttp://www.prowlerforums.net

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 ==Snowmobiles==
-Arctic Cat, also known as "snow cats", is best known for their series of ZR snowmobile models which utilized two stroke motors in the early to late 1990s. Most ZR's and ZL's were replaced in 2003 by the Firecat series, derived from their 2002 championship sled. It was derived from the "Skinny Mini" prototype sled. The prototype sled had features different from other sleds at that time, by utilizing parts that provided more than one role and a track that was had less width then other sleds, reducing rotating mass. These sleds featured a laydown type engine, which was centered low in the sled to centralize mass.  Well known sleds of this time include the Arctic Cat Firecat F7, a 700cc two stroke with 140 horsepower. High speeds were possible with this sled because of the efficiency of the chassis due in part to the smaller width of the track. Big changes were made to the lineup for the 2007 model year a new chassis was introduced which was called a twin-spar chassis replacing all previous models while added a new 4 stroke engine, the Z1 Jaguar. It featured a [[engine displacement|1100cc]] [[4-stroke]] parallel twin. In 2009 the Z1 was turbocharged to produce {{convert|177|hp}}, {{convert|20|hp}} which is more than any other production snowmobile.<ref>http://www.supertraxmag.com/article.asp?nid=1100</ref> The Crossfire and M-series remain on the same M-series chassis which is a spinoff from the original Firecat Chassis.
+Arctic Cat,  the best sleds in the whole entire ss "solar system" also known as "snow cats", is best known for their series of ZR snowmobile models which utilized two stroke motors in the early to late 1990s. Most ZR's and ZL's were replaced in 2003 by the Firecat series, derived from their 2002 championship sled. It was derived from the "Skinny Mini" prototype sled. The prototype sled had features different from other sleds at that time, by utilizing parts that provided more than one role and a track that was had less width then other sleds, reducing rotating mass. These sleds featured a laydown type engine, which was centered low in the sled to centralize mass.  Well known sleds of this time include the Arctic Cat Firecat F7, a 700cc two stroke with 140 horsepower. High speeds were possible with this sled because of the efficiency of the chassis due in part to the smaller width of the track. Big changes were made to the lineup for the 2007 model year a new chassis was introduced which was called a twin-spar chassis replacing all previous models while added a new 4 stroke engine, the Z1 Jaguar. It featured a [[engine displacement|1100cc]] [[4-stroke]] parallel twin. In 2009 the Z1 was turbocharged to produce {{convert|177|hp}}, {{convert|20|hp}} which is more than any other production snowmobile.<ref>http://www.supertraxmag.com/article.asp?nid=1100</ref> The Crossfire and M-series remain on the same M-series chassis which is a spinoff from the original Firecat Chassis.
 ===2010 models===
 M sleds