Polaris Revolver Concept
By: Press Release
Michelin North America, Inc. created the annual Michelin Challenge;)
Design™ to celebrate, promote, publicize and give visibility to original creative thinking and innovation in vehicle design. Michelin offers the challenge to designers around the world, individuals and small and large companies, to enthusiastically create, bring forward and display, significant design work that would normally not have an opportunity to be shown at a major auto show.
“Polaris is pleased to have the Revolver as part of the Michelin Challenge Design™ display,” said Gary Laskin, product manager for the ATV Division at Polaris. “The Michelin brand tires on this vehicle are a key design element that enhances the concept’s on-road performance and fits with Michelin’s ‘Safety for Everyone’ theme for the competition.”
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Originally designed for the European market, the Revolver concept was created to propose a new solution. Many of the ATVs sold in Europe are homologated for on-road use as “quadricycles.” Virtually all of today’s active, street-legal, homologated quadricycles are off-road vehicles that have been adapted for on-road use. The Revolver concept is a purpose-built vehicle designed to deliver both off-road performance and a new level of on-road capability.
Revolver provides an awesome new driving experience with an uncommonly urban edge of sharp, aggressive attitude. The design of the Revolver includes such appointments as supple Italian leather seating, low-profile “floating” fender designs, modular deep-dish alloy wheels and stunning “light ring” headlights. In addition, a state-of-the-art iPod® entertainment system keeps driver and passenger in tune. Every sculpted detail works in concert with one another to create a look and feel that reflects the unheard of experience and attitude this vehicle provides.
Other Revolver features include:
- A powerful 500cc liquid-cooled 4-valve engine
- Five-speed transmission, disc brakes and massive, beefy, Michelin tires that that deliver the maximum amount of mobility – both on- and off-road
- A heavy-duty suspension with a radically lowered and widened stance result in superior cornering maneuvers on all types of terrain
- Hydraulic steering dampener and long wheelbase increases stability on all surfaces
- Designed for two riders
The Revolver concept made its International debut at the Paris Motorcycle Show in November 2005. The Motorcycle Design Association nominated the Revolver as one of eight vehicles to be considered for their “Best of Show” award.