Yamaha getting out of the sled business

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Earlier today, Yamaha Motor Co., the parent company of Yamaha Motor Canada LTD., released the notice below concerning the future direction of Yamaha’s Snowmobile Division.
Bottom Line? We’re here for another 2 riding seasons in Canada, and the 2024s are already in production. We will support you with parts, warranty and service for years after should you decide to buy a Yamaha snowmobile for the 2024 and 2025 model years.
We would like to thank our loyal customers for their passion towards snowmobile over the years and will celebrate the storied history of Yamaha snowmobiles together!
If you have further questions about this announcement, a list of FAQs can be found here:
https://www.yamaha-motor.ca/en/snowmobile-faq
 
Not surprised. The twinning with Arctic Cat looked like it was headed this way. Snowmobile territory shrinks every year. Even near me, most of the sleds are going onto trailers every weekend and headed north. For a bunch of the winter, even driving hours north didn't get you to good snow. It's a ton of money invested in something for what amounts to a few days a year for many people. Every year, people have fewer sleds around me. Those that had more than one are dropping to one and many of those that had one are out.
 
I don't think they will be terribly missed. Polaris has 33% of the market, and BRP 47%, Arctic Cat 16% and Yammie 4%. I can see why they want out.
 
Would be interesting to see what a market share report looked like in 1972 , when there were 40? Manufacturers in North America.
Between 1969 and 1975 we had SnoPony , Rupp, SnowCruiser, MotoSki. BoaSki , and SnowPrince on the farm . Also Masey Furgusen and John Deere sleds on the sister farm in London. By 1976 dad declared only SkiDoo products on the farms , he was a great mechanic but didn’t need a second job and at that time Rotax was in every SkiDoo and just worked . I missed the shed of weird product , and we could ride from Grey cup till Easter in Campbellville. Every year has gotten shorter .


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They were selling motors to AC and getting chassis in return. The only real differences for the last several years have been cosmetics. I expect they'll continue providing engines. The last one that was exclusively their own was likely the VK540.
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