Editing Snowmobile (section)

=== Ski-Doo ===

In 1960, [[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] introduced his own snowmobile using an open-cockpit one- or two-person form, similar to the 1957 Polaris Sno Traveler, and started selling it under the brand name [[Ski-Doo]] through his company [[Bombardier Inc.]] (now manufactured by [[Bombardier Recreational Products]]). Competitors copied and improved his design; in the 1970s there were over a hundred snowmobile manufacturers.<ref name=" Musée-stat"/> From 1970 to 1973, two million machines were sold, peaking at 500,000 sold in 1971.<ref name="Musée-stat"/> Many of the snowmobile companies were small and the biggest manufacturers were often attempts by [[motorcycle]] makers and [[outboard motor]] makers to branch off in a new market. Most of these companies went [[bankruptcy|bankrupt]] or were acquired by larger companies during the [[1973 oil crisis]] and succeeding recessions. Sales rebounded to 260,000 in 1997 but gradually decreased afterward, influenced by warmer winters and the use during all four seasons of small one- or two-person [[all-terrain vehicle|ATV]]s.