25 Facts About Polaris Industries

Polaris Industries was founded in Roseau, Minnesota, where it still has engineering and manufacturing facilities.

Polaris Industries manufactured motorcycles through its Victory Motorcycles subsidiary until January 2017, and currently produces motorcycles through the Indian Motorcycle subsidiary, which it purchased in April 2011.

Polaris Industries was originally named Polaris Industries Inc and was renamed in 2019 to Polaris Inc.

Since that time Polaris Industries has continued to develop their in-house engine production capacity, now designing and manufacturing all of their own power plants, while maintaining the partnership with Subaru.

In 2010, Polaris Industries relocated a portion of its utility and sport vehicle assembly to Mexico.

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David Johnson and company employees Paul Knochenmus and Orlen Johnson, who was the first person to ride a Polaris Industries, decided to create a vehicle that could travel through snow.

Polaris Industries emerged from bankruptcy and continues on today as Arctic Cat.

Polaris Industries began developing a smaller consumer-sized, front-engine snowmobile to compete with the Ski-Doo in the early 1960s.

Polaris Industries then recalled the sleds and quickly developed a new prototype to avoid bankruptcy.

Polaris Industries continued to develop snowmobiles similar to this model throughout the 1960s-1970s, and went on to become one of the leaders in the snowmobile industry.

In 1985, Polaris Industries introduced the Scrambler ATC and Trail Boss, which are considered to be the first American-made production all-terrain vehicles.

In May 2009, Polaris Industries announced the creation of an On-Road Vehicle Division.

In 2010, Polaris Industries introduced the Polaris Industries Rush snowmobile which had a new suspension system and better trail handling capabilities.

In late 2005, Polaris Industries announced that it would purchase a portion of KTM Motorcycles.

On May 21,2010, Polaris Industries announced that it was opening a new manufacturing plant in Mexico.

In October 2011, Polaris Industries announced an investment in Brammo, Inc, an electric vehicle company based in Ashland, Oregon, United States.

Polaris Industries continued its investment in Brammo when it participated in the $13 million opening tranche of Brammo's Series C funding round in July 2012.

Polaris Industries had been showing interest in electric propulsion, producing an electric version of its Ranger Side-by-Side and more recently buying Global Electric Motorcars.

For 2014, Polaris Industries will expand the Indy name and provide model variants for nearly all categories.

On January 9,2015, Polaris Industries announced it will be opening a new 600,000-square-foot facility in Huntsville, Alabama that will employ at least 1,700 workers.

On March 7,2016, Polaris Industries acquired Taylor-Dunn, a manufacturer of industrial vehicles based in Anaheim, CA.

In May 2018, Polaris Industries reentered the production of boats by purchasing the Indiana-based Boat Holdings LLC for $805 million.

Polaris Industries invested further in its boating division in January 2019 with the acquisition of Marquis-Larson Boat Group out of Pulaski, Wisconsin.

Polaris Industries Racing is one of the big four factory racing teams on the World Power Sports Association Snocross circuit.

Polaris Industries holds the most wins in the World's Longest Toughest Snowmobile Race, the Iron Dog a 2,000 miles race across Alaska.

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