page_title: Arctic Cat
section_title: Snowmobiles
hierarchical_section_title: Arctic Cat / Vehicles today / Snowmobiles
caption_attribution_description: English: An "Arctic Cat"-ATV, used by the Finnish border guard. The picture was taken at the Finnish-Russian border crossing point (nearby Virolahti, along the federal highway 7/M10, later E 18) - linked location/coordinate incorrect Deutsch: Ein ATV/Quad des US-amerikanischen Herstellers "Artic Cat"; in Verwendung beim finnischen Grenzschutz. Das Foto entstand am finnisch-russischen Grenzübergang (nahe Virolahti an der Fernstraße 7/M10, später E 18). - der verlinkte Ort/die Koordinaten sind nicht korrekt
context_page_description: Arctic Cat is an American brand of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles manufactured in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. The company was formed in 1960 and is now part of Textron Inc. The company designs, engineers, manufactures and markets all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, as well as related parts, garments—such as snowmobile suits—and accessories.
context_section_description: Arctic Cat is known for their M series snowmobile models which were 3rd in Market share behind Ski-doo and Polaris in 2003. This "Skinny Mini" prototype sled had features different from other sleds at that time, by utilizing parts that provided more than one role and a track that had less width than other sleds, reducing rotating mass.  Arctic Cat discovered that this design was suitable for mountain riding, however the trail model developed an overheating issue as the heat exchanges were found to be insufficient when ridden on ice and in marginal snow conditions. Though the majority of sleds experienced no issues, this resulted in a class action lawsuit and resulted in an out of court settlement where Arctic Cat bought back 3,200 short track Firecat F-7's from owners. These sleds featured a lay down type engine which placed the carburetors in front of the engine, which was centered low in the sled to centralize mass and was believed to allow cooler air inlet temperatures.  Big changes were made to the lineup for the 2007 model year as a new chassis was introduced which was called a twin-spar chassis replacing all previous models while adding a new 4 stroke engine, the Z1 Jaguar, which featured an 1056cc 4-stroke parallel twin. In 2009 the Z1 was turbocharged to produce 177 horsepower (132 kW), which was 1 horsepower (0.75 kW) more than any other production snowmobile. The Crossfire and M-series remain on the same M-series chassis which is a spin off from the original Firecat Chassis.
caption: Arctic Cat ATV in use by the Finnish Border Guard
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