Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

EXPLAINED: 5 | Rare Historical Photos

Polaris' New and Updated Snowmobiles Go Hard

This has been a weird snowmobile season here in Utah. The weather has fluctuated from spring-like temperatures to dumping feet of snow on what feels like a weekly basis. As I write this, it'll be around 50 degrees today. But tomorrow, well, the current forecast says 2-feet of fresh powder.…

RideApart

There's an Electric Polaris RZR Coming Soon

Despite the reversals, the sliding backward into internal combustion engines, and the rhetoric around electric vehicles, they're probably the future. And not just because the Earth is warming at an alarming rate.

RideApart

Polaris Is Axing Timbersled Snow Bikes For Good

It's a strange time in the powersports world lately, with some companies definitely faring better than others. Among the ones having a particularly tough time last year was Polaris, which already instituted cost cuts in 2024 that included cutting about 10 percent of its employees.

RideApart

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Vespa's Owner Is Just Conquering the Market, KTM Should Take Note

For plenty of motorcycle and powersports manufacturers, 2024 was a year to forget, financially speaking. KTM all but imploded, and the cost-saving measures employed by Polaris are bleeding into 2025. So how, then, in the midst of all this, did Piaggio Group—owner of Vespa, Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, Derbi, Gilera, Scarabeo brands—manage…

RideApart

Trump's Idiotic Tariffs Are Going to Wreck the Powersports Market

Let's just check the stock market, which I haven't checked in hours, and oh my god, why is everything deep in the red? What happened? Did a nuke just get set off in London? Did that dumb boat get stuck in the Suez Canal again? Did aliens come down from…

RideApart

Polaris' Slingshot is 10 Years Old, So the Company is Celebrating Its 3-Wheeler

I got to drive a Polaris Slingshot ages ago. One of my friends had one and we'd decided to take it to the industrial park behind my then-apartment complex to shoot some dope dusk photos with the Los Angeles skyline in the background. I'd never really understood the allure of…

RideApart

Buy This $15 Million Compound in Glamis, Get 10 Polaris UTVs for Free

I've been to Glamis a handful of times throughout my life, and each time it gets better. There's something almost spiritual about the dunes. Especially at sunset, with the sun fading in the background, the heat rising off the sands, and a batshit UTV behind you. It's a special place,…

RideApart

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Is Kawasaki Putting a Supercharged Superbike Engine Into a UTV?

Imagine you own a powersports company, and you have one of the coolest engines on the market, but you only use it in one vehicle. That's not just silly; it's borderline mean to your demographic—BRP, please take some notes and stick that 325-hp rotax engine in something else.

RideApart

[UPDATE] Indian Motorcycle Just Killed Its Coolest Bike and Didn't Even Give It a Funeral

[UPDATE February 14, 2025: A spokesperson for Indian Motorcycle responded to RideApart's request for a comment. Here's their full statement.

RideApart

Everything at King of the Hammers Just Got Beat By a UTV

King of the Hammers is, for lack of a better word, batshit. For those who've never heard of it, it's an off-road race in California's Johnson Valley, and marries rock crawling with flat-out open desert racing. There's nothing else on the planet like King of the Hammers.

RideApart

Polaris Will Have To Make Further Cost Cuts This Year, Says CEO

The powersports industry hasn't felt stable since before the COVID epidemic. There was a feast a few years ago when overlanding and general powersports activities exploded in popularity. And now, it appears the famine is upon us, well, actually, it has been for a while.

RideApart

Polaris Will Now Sell You a $140,000 Race-Ready UTV, One That Could Get You a Podium

While trolling the patent office's database a few months ago, we came across a rather interesting-looking patent by our good friends at Polaris. It was, at the time, wild to see, as the patent drawings showed a race-ready UTV. But the machine in question was just slightly different compared to the…

RideApart

JPMorgan's internal tool shows many offices aren't ready for the unpopular return-to-office mandate

JPMorgan Chase’s Polaris location not yet available for returning workers.

Fortune

The New Polaris Slingshot: This Is It

Is it a bike? Is it a car? Is it a trike? No, no, and… well, sort of, but not really? What it is, is the Polaris Slingshot, a three-wheeler that has always been one of those weird machines that seems to defy categorization. It’s sort of like that kid…

RideApart

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

RideApart

Polaris is Offering Free Snowmobile Rides to Literally Everyone Right Now

The world is expensive as all hell right now. I know, I know, breaking news! But I say that as someone who's always on the hunt for a good deal. I'm a spendthrift for nearly all things, though my wife would likely tell you otherwise if you were asking about…

RideApart

Polaris Drops Six New ATVs, Ready for Spring, Summer, and Fall Outdoor Activities

ATVs are some of the most useful, fun, and capable machines on the planet. Each day, they're used for farm chores, backcountry excursions, camping, hunting, fishing, and everything in between. They're workhorses but without the need for feed or constant grooming. I've used Kawasaki's Brute Force 750 for the last…

RideApart

Volcon’s New UTV Is Ready To Take On the European Market

Powersports is indeed for everyone. There are folks who ride off-road vehicles simply for the fun factor. Meanwhile, others depend on their ATVs and UTVs to literally survive—navigating the remote wilderness, managing daily chores around their properties, or even running a business.Over the years, we’ve seen UTVs evolve from barebones off-roaders…

RideApart

So Is This Robot Dog With Wheels for Feet an ATV or Not?

Listen, the internet is a weird place. But it's a mirror of the weird place we've created around us. Everywhere you look, there are oddities springing up from all corners of the globe, including AI-robot police balls, H2R-powered drone helicopters, 217-MPH cameras, and more. And with AI and robotics becoming more…

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

RideApart

There's Now a 1,000 Horsepower Electric Motor Based on a Motorcycle Motor

There's no denying that you can get a lot of horsepower out of a little package when it comes to electric motors. The power density is just staggering, to say the least. Just look at the Stark Varg with its 80 horsepower output and how little the overall motorcycle weighs. There…

RideApart

KTM Somehow Has More Dealerships Worldwide Than Harley-Davidson

As the chips continue to fall on KTM's situation, it's staggering just how much money the company spent on expansion over the last few years. And how much that expansion has bitten them in the ass right now, as it lays off workers, slashes sitting inventory, cancels race programs, and…

RideApart

Get Ready to Mow Your Grass, Or Cut Deer Trails, With Polaris' New UTV Accessory

I'd like you to recall the early 2000s. For RideApart's younger demographics, it was a time where baggy pants, chain wallets, and frosted tips were in—for some reason, just like today—and the world revolved around the Discovery Channel. Between Shark Week, Mythbusters, American Chopper, and Monster Garage, the world tuned into the channel's…

RideApart

This Chinese Motorcycle Brand Wants To Be a Full-On Powersports Manufacturer

Up until now, the powersports industry continues to be dominated mainly by Japanese, European, and American companies. You know, big names like Yamaha, Ducati, and Polaris—each of which are top players in their own respective games. But recent years have seen the rise of Chinese manufacturers.

RideApart

We May Be Saying "Bye-Bye" to Arctic Cat Snowmobiles, Parent Company Pauses Production

It doesn't seem that any powersports manufacturer got out of 2024 on a positive note. Even the biggest names in the niche, like BRP's Can-Am and Polaris, took massive hits. But, Arctic Cat, which is owned by Textron's industrial segment, Textron Specialized Vehicles (TVS), hasn't gotten out alive.

RideApart

Hunting Arctic Muskox Requires Snowmobiles, Patience, and DIY Trailers

Few places are as remote as the Arctic Circle. It's a place of impeccable desolation and empty beauty. A place that calls both explorers and adventurers to set out across its 7.7 million square miles of permafrost, islands, and snow, and find peace. Or madness. And the Arctic Circle remains one…

RideApart

Polaris Issues Recall for 2024-2025 Polaris Rzrs Due to Fire Hazard

Polaris Industries issued a recall on December 05 for 2024-2025 RZR XP 1000 and XP 4 1000 due to an issue with the battery. Under certain circumstances, the battery could cause an electric short, which poses a fire hazard.

1 … 4 5 6 7

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.