Arctic Cat - Vehicles Today - Snowmobiles

Snowmobiles

Arctic Cat is today known for their series of ZR snowmobile models which utilized two stroke motors in the early to late 1990s. Most ZR's,ZRT's and ZL's were replaced in 2003 by the Firecat series, derived from their 2002 championship sled. 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 then other sleds, reducing rotating mass. These sleds featured a laydown type engine, which was centered low in the sled to centralize mass. Other sleds of this time include the Arctic Cat Firecat F7, a 700cc two stroke with 140 horsepower. 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 1100cc 4-stroke parallel twin. In 2009 the Z1 was turbocharged to produce 177 horsepower (132 kW), which is 6 horsepower (4.5 kW) more than any other production snowmobile. The Crossfire and M-series remain on the same M-series chassis which is a spinoff from the original Firecat Chassis.