In 1937 Joseph-Armand Bombardier of Quebec, Canada secured a patent for what would turn out to be the primary ever mass-produced snowmobile. His Ski-Doo pioneered a completely new mode of transport and a multi-billion greenback market. Auto-Neige Bombardier Ltd. (which might spin off Bombardier Leisure Merchandise as a standalone firm in 2003) grew to turn out to be the biggest provider and, in 1970, purchased Rotax, the Austrian plane engine producer. Two, brief years later, it launched a brand new offshoot and its first motorbike. Lengthy earlier than the Spyder three-wheeler debuted, Can-Am’s, Rotax-powered, 175cc grime bike would dominate the Six-Day Worldwide Trials of 1973. The next yr, Gary Jones gained the 1974 AMA Nationwide Motocross Championship for the rookie Can-Am manufacturing facility crew on a 250.