Important ARCTIC CAT HAS BEEN SOLD & BOUGHT
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ya, honestly great news for everyone in our sport
ya, the community is MUCH BETTER SERVED with 3 manufacturers than with only two.
I hope they can recall as many previous employees as possible. It's great news for Thief River Falls and the industry. I'm normally a Doo guy, but one of my first sleds was a 1981 Eltigre. Wish them enormous success (and lots of snow!)
Yeah not just some penny pinchers that have no clue what power sports are. Hope this group has the passion to keep things moving forward.
wouldnt that be a WELCOME CHANGE!
An 858 turbo option and or twin rail option would be a great place to start oh and make it 500lbs RTR ! Good to hear we and the dealers are not left stranded . Speaking of dealers the New Cat owners need to make it reasonable for a dealer to exist and make a PROFIT ( novel concept I know) and add about 150 dealers nationwide . I love the dealer I deal with Pacific Boatland in Vancouver wa. But it's 7-8 hours on a good day to get their , didn't stop me from doing what I never do and that's buy a first year sled !!? Didn't want to have my 20 hardcore be my last new cat damn glad it won't be !!
I'd heard a twin rail was slated to be released at hay days last year, but they weren't going to get tracks in time so they must have scrapped the idea pending a sale. Leads me to believe it wasn't going to be the same old twin rail powerclaw track from the proclimb/ascender days.
Curious what the 2026 lineup will look like and if it will be a trimmed down offering. Might be getting late for a snowcheck program, but with the low dealer stock Cat has now maybe a season of limited number of floor models would be alright.
Curious what the 2026 lineup will look like and if it will be a trimmed down offering. Might be getting late for a snowcheck program, but with the low dealer stock Cat has now maybe a season of limited number of floor models would be alright.
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At this point having and riding both Alpha and twin rail if the Alpha was in the Ascender chassis I would say scrap it but in the Catalyst it is a winner hands down and prefer it over the twin rail . Oh and to add to my post above a rear heat exchanger and still be 500 lbs RTR!!!
It appears that Textron never gave a shat about snowmobiles so there's nowhere to go but up.
The Alpha track punched for a twin rail would be cool. Might have to snag one for my 9r. I'm guessing the 2026 lineup will be a limited run for dealer stock. With how late it is, and with the way the industry is slowing, I'd be surprised to see much more than that.
It would also probably be difficult to get ordered sleds to customers before winter starts, since the assembly line workers have been laid off, and who knows what's happening with their supply chain at the moment.
It was rumored they held enough Catalyst parts on hand/already ordered to make a limited run of 2026s. Would support that plan if that was the case.
