Snow Crawler Concept Could Be the Ultimate Winter Ride

Yahoo Auto ^ | 1/13/15 | Andrew Newton

[Kartographer]

Designer Michael Bonikowski realized that, despite the variety of snowmobiles on the market, they are pretty much all open like a motorcycle or quad-bike. This enclosed machine provides protection from the elements with the added benefit of allowing for pretty fantastic-looking bodywork. The closed versions of cars are usually more elegant than the open ones. It looks like the same is true for snowmobiles.

[Kartographer]

[Jed Eckert]

Almost makes me wish we had snow here in Florida.......almost.

[Kirkwood]

Takes away 90% of the fun.

[Crazieman]

We all might need these if global warming continues.

[Rodamala]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot5ovZr_PVQ

[VTenigma]

Had them in the ‘60s, I can’t remember the name. Everything old is new again.

[ZOOKER]

Reminds me of those high-end SUV's you see on the road from time to time. One look and you say to yourself "I bet it's never been off the pavement".

Sure is purty, though. Does it have a Latte dispenser?

[driftdiver]

Looks like it would need a nicely plowed path.

[hecticskeptic]

I’m going to bet that OSHA will have a fit with no belt and pulley guard.....

[FlJoePa]

In the 70's they had the Raider:

Pieces of junk. A neighbor had one and spent more time fixing it than riding it.

[blueunicorn6]

Arctic Cat had some enclosed vehicles in the 1970s. I think they even had a couple of enclosed racers.

[Disambiguator]

It’s the snowmobile version of the Monotracer.

http://www.21stcenturymotoring.com/

[Georgia Girl 2]

We don’t get enough snow in GA but wow!

[cableguymn]

They where called SnoCats back in the day.. Google tucker snow cat..

Nothing new here.. just a fancy body on a snow machine.

[Clint N. Suhks]

CoooWoool!!!!

[mcshot]

The 340 and 440 raiders. Awesome fun.

[camle]

glad i ain’t the only one to remember the raider

[wally_bert]

I'd rather have one of these.

[Daffynition]

[Hatteras]