Polaris Industries (NYSE: PII) is a snowmobile and ATV manufacturer, based in Medina,
Minnesota, USA. The company also manufactures motorcycles, through its Victory
Motorcycles subsidiary.
Robin (a subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries,
which is the owner of Subaru) develops and supplies all-terrain vehicle
(ATV) and snowmobile engines for U.S.-based leisure equipment maker Polaris Industries
Inc, it is important to note that starting in 1997, with the introduction
of the "twin 700" Polaris started the development and production of in-house
produced powerplants, know as the "Liberty" line of engines, now found in many
models across their current production lines.
In
late
2005 Polaris Industries announced
that it would purchase a portion of KTM Motorcycles. Through this venture KTM
has developed their own ATV and Polaris has developed Sport ATVs which utilize
the KTM 525 and 450 powerplants that have seen great success on the ATV racing
circuit.
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