Textron Cat Snowmobiles

[stanno]

Will there be a name change? Maybe Textron Cat snowmobiles? For those of you who don't already know. Textron, a global billion dollar corporation has purchased Arctic Cat. They are saying that they will leave the snowmobiles alone, but I don't see how or why that would be possible.

They are phasing out ATV and UTV line for sure and combining these machines with the Bad Boy line that already own. I think we'll see some kind of change on the snowmobile side eventually, maybe as soon as 2019.

[blizz93]

Everything that I have read about Textron so far is that they are going to leave Arctic Cat snowmobiles alone. I also think that will only hold true for a little while, then changes will come, hopefully changes for the better and not the other way around. Time will tell.

[stephen79]

I can't see Textron messing with the Arctic Cat name or logo ever. It's way too established, too much Cat history..

[gogosled]

The Arctic Cat name lives on, Textron acquisition means nothing to the brand name.

[snowmobilejack]

It's been a few years since Textron acquired Arctic Cat and everyone involved seemed to be adjusting well.

Some info on Textron as a company:
Textron inc. is a publicly traded company under the ticker: TXT. They were founded in 1923, Textron has grown into a network of businesses with total revenues of $14.2 billion, and approximately 35,000 employees with facilities and presence in 25 countries, serving a diverse and global customer base. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

Arctic Cat became a part of Textron in 2017. The vehicles are now designed and built by Textron Specialized Vehicles, the same division of Textron that also manufactures Cushman utility vehicles, E-Z-GO golf cars, Jacobsen turf equipment and Textron Ground Support Equipment.

So far so good, hopefully they keep rolling out quality sleds.