Where Are Can-Am Side-by-Sides and ATVs Made?
Can-Am side-by-sides and ATVs are made by Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP), a Canadian company, at factories in Canada and Mexico. The Defender, Maverick and Commander side-by-sides sold at Friday's in Perth are assembled at BRP's Juárez plant in Mexico, with Rotax engines built in Mexico and Austria. BRP also runs plants in the United States, Finland and Austria, and sells Can-Am through more than 4,000 dealers in over 100 countries.
Where are Can-Am side-by-sides made?
BRP's Juárez 2 plant in Mexico assembles Can-Am side-by-side vehicles (SSVs) and makes their frames, bumpers, brackets and other components. The Querétaro plant builds Rotax engines for Can-Am ATVs and SSVs, and also assembles the Sea-Doo Spark. BRP first moved manufacturing outside Canada in 2007 when the original Juárez plant opened; it was also the first time Rotax engines were built outside Austria.
Where are Can-Am ATVs made?
Can-Am ATVs such as the Outlander and Renegade are assembled at BRP's Juárez facilities in Mexico, alongside the Rotax engines that power them. Design and engineering remain based in Valcourt, Quebec, where BRP was founded.
A little bit of history
BRP's origins trace back to 1942, when Joseph-Armand Bombardier founded L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in Valcourt, Quebec. The Can-Am name first appeared in the 1970s on high-performance dirt bikes, which swept the American Motorcycle Association 250cc Motocross National Championship in 1974. Can-Am stopped building dirt bikes in 1987 and moved into ATVs under the Bombardier name. The Traxter utility ATV was unveiled in 1998 and named ATV of the Year the following year.
Until 2006 BRP's ATVs carried the Bombardier badge; from 2006 they were rebranded as Can-Am. The Commander side-by-side arrived in 2010 and the Maverick in 2013, and today BRP's portfolio also includes Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobiles, Sea-Doo watercraft, Rotax engines and several boat brands.
See the Can-Am range in Perth
Friday's Sea-Doo & Can-Am in Port Kennedy stocks the current Defender, Commander and Maverick side-by-sides, with genuine parts, accessories and servicing in the workshop. View the Can-Am side-by-side range or call (08) 9524 5858 to request a quote.
