Snowmobile

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A snowmobile, also known as a snowmachine (chiefly Alaskan), motor sled (chiefly Canadian), ski-doo (Ontario and Quebec, dated proprietary eponym), motor sledge, skimobile, snow scooter, or simply a sled is a motorized vehicle designed for winter travel and recreation on snow. Their engines normally drive a continuous track at the rear, while skis at the front provide directional control. The earliest snowmobiles were powered by readily available industrial four-stroke, air-cooled engines. They were replaced in part by lighter and more powerful two-stroke gasoline internal combustion engines. Since 2003, four-stroke engines became more readily available on new snowmobiles. The challenges of cross-country transportation in the winter led to the invention of an all-terrain vehicle specifically designed for travel across deep snow in which other vehicles foundered. As of 2026, the snowmobile market was shared between three large North American makers (Bombardier Recreational Products (Ski...

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