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That isn't the correct answer. It was Suzuki in 1942.

I just can't find that little fact anywhere.

My issue with 16, was I used Soichiro's actual bio on wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soichiro_Honda) which incorrectly states 1946 - apparently 1948 is the year everywhere else.

Also, Honda was sufficiently aware of his own managerial shortcomings. Honda Motor Co. Ltd. was established in October 1946, initially to build small capacity motorcycles to get Japanese workers mobile.

[Casper]

I just can't find that little fact anywhere.

My issue with 16, was I used Soichiro's actual bio on wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soichiro_Honda) which incorrectly states 1946 - apparently 1948 is the year everywhere else.

I'm having a hard time finding where I read it. It wasn't what we know today as ATVs, but it gave credit to Suzuki for it's invention. It was essentially a 600cc single 4wd 2-seater car with no body, like a mini dune buggy-ish/motorcycle type thing. Suzuki started as a company making weaving looms for silk and cotton. He created the atv to make the fields easier to access.

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1. Valentino Rossi

2. Colin Edwards

3. Trick Daddy and the Kentucky Kid

4. Fred Merkel

5. Feb. 16th, 1979

6. Jorge Lorenzo

7. Hockenheim

8. Honda, 1967

9. Sun and Moon

10. Raymond Roche

11. Colin Edwards

12. 1999

13. Ducati

14. Honda Sp1

15. Ben Bostrom and Bostrom

16. 1948

17. 1964 Honda Superhawk CB77

18. A Thumper

19. Project Gotham Racing 4

20. Polaris Industries

21. Berkeley, California

22. 1914

23. Kenny Roberts

24. Hendee Manufacturing Company

25. Floyd Clymer

ehhh nevermind

[Casper]

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_invented_the_ATV

The Japanese invented the ATV because of the bad winter thaw to get from town to crops. Then Americans got a hold of it in the 1970's and promoted it for recreational use, which is still its primary use. However farmers and hunters find good uses for it to, like to get where regular trucks (even 4 wheel drives) cannot.

But it doesn't say when the Japanese invented it.

I'll keep looking.

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I'm having a hard time finding where I read it. It wasn't what we know today as ATVs, but it gave credit to Suzuki for it's invention. It was essentially a 600cc single 4wd 2-seater car with no body, like a mini dune buggy-ish/motorcycle type thing. Suzuki started as a company making weaving looms for silk and cotton. He created the atv to make the fields easier to access.

http://www.globalsuzuki.com/corp_info/history/index.html

This says they didn't even enter the 'motorized' field until 1952. So was the 1942 model a limited production military vehicle not for public consumption?

[Casper]

ATV Beginnings

In the mid-twentieth century, the Japanese created early ATVs to aid farmers. Japanese farmers used three-wheeled vehicles to pass over rough, hilly and muddy terrain to enable them to take goods into town.

http://www.ehow.com/facts_4882506_who-invented-atv.html

Not a specific year either....

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For the rest of ya'll... all these questions were from a mis-mash of quizzes from funtrivia.com.

Here's a quiz with the question about the ATVs: www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz188796159e728.html

I just want to verify the answers, which sucks because that funtrivia site is blocked by the Websense proxy, so I had no other choice than to verify answers to old fashioned way.

[Casper]

http://www.globalsuzuki.com/corp_info/history/index.html

This says they didn't even enter the 'motorized' field until 1952. So was the 1942 model a limited production military vehicle not for public consumption?

I'm not 100% sure, but I think it was made for his company and military.

Suzuki started as a company making weaving looms for silk and cotton. He created the atv to make the fields easier to access.

[Casper]

For the rest of ya'll... all these questions were from a mis-mash of quizzes from funtrivia.com

I just want to verify the answers.

Actually, they're a mismash of quizzes and questions from like four different quiz sites. FYI.

[Casper]

http://www.globalsuzuki.com/corp_info/history/index.html

This says they didn't even enter the 'motorized' field until 1952. So was the 1942 model a limited production military vehicle not for public consumption?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki

According to this, they started designing cars in 1937.

The project began in 1937, and within two years Suzuki had completed several compact prototype cars. These first Suzuki motor vehicles were powered by a then-innovative, liquid-cooled, four-stroke, four-cylinder engine. It featured a cast aluminum crankcase and gearbox and generated 13 horsepower (9.7 kW) from a displacement of less than 800cc.

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This says Honda was credited for the first commercial ATV in 1970, after 3 years of planning. But, I dunno if that's First ATV in the US... they made it for the US market.

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1792854

This is perturbing.

[Gump]

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Edited January 17, 2010 by Gump