Polaris celebrates 60 years

Polaris Industries Inc. is celebrating sixty years of All-Terrain and sports vehicle production. Founded in 1954 by Allen Hetteen, Edgar Hetteen and David Johnson the company built its first Snowmobile in 1956, creating the foundation for the multi-billion dollar corporation of today. Since 1985 Polaris has sold over two million ATVs and became a publicly-quoted company in 1987. By 1998 the Polaris Ranger was introduced, the first of many side-by-side utility vehicles. Going from strength to strength, the company diversified again in the same year with the introduction of the first Polaris on-road vehicles: the Victory Motorcycles. This has been recently complemented with the acquisition of the famous Indian Motorcycle brand.