1937
Obtains first patent for the development of a tracked vehicle for travelling over snow.

1959
The Ski-Doo snowmobile is launched.

1968
The first Sea-Doo personal watercraft is launched, the first vehicle of its kind to be built and marketed.

1970
Acquires Austrian company Lohnerwerke GmbH, manufacturer of Rotax engines.

1973
1,000,000^th Ski-Doo snowmobile.

1981-82
The BR-400 snowgrooming prototypes are introduced to the North American market.

1984-88
Bombardier is the official supplier of tracked vehicles for the Olympic Games in Sarajevo (1984) and in Calgary (1988).

1988
Sea-Doo personal watercraft is re-launched and since then has remained the #1 PWC manufacturer in the world.

1988
Acquisition of Nordtrac Oy snowmobile manufacturing facility in Finland, maker of Lynx snowmobiles.

1993
2,000,000^th Ski-Doo snowmobile and a new segment is created with the launch of the Summit model.

1994-95
Sea-Doo jet drive sport boat is launched. Acquisition of Benton, IL facility which manufactures all sport boats.

1998
Bombardier enters ATV market with the Traxter model.

2001
Rotax produces its 5,000,000^th engine.

2001
Acquisition of Johnson and Evinrude trademarks and related assets.

2002
Bombardier is the official supplier of snowgrooming equipment, snowmobiles and ATVs for the Salt Lake City Olympics.

2002
Bombardier reinvents the snowmobile and introduces the Ski-Doo MXZ REV, the most radical change in snowmobile architecture in more than 40 years.