the canadian off road vehicle manufacturer . for italian tractor manufacturer see argo spa . for other uses see argo disambiguation . argo industry all terrain amphibious vehicles headquarters new hamburg ontario canada key people joerg stieber president & ceo products amphibious atv and amphibious utv divisions vehicle division & gear division website www.argoutv.com argo is a canadian manufacturer of amphibious all terrain vehicles . it was founded in 1962 as ontario drive and gear limited in kitchener ontario and was later moved to new hamburg ontario . argo offers 6 6 and 8 8 amphibious vehicles . contents 1 history 2 technical details 3 references 4 external links history edit founded in 1962 1 in kitchener ontario . odg helped design the transmission for the amphicat . odg manufactures 8 8 vehicles and 6 6 vehicles for recreational and industrial use . in november 2009 volunteers in twelve communities in nunavut were each equipped with an argo avenger one of odg s 8 8 vehicles for local search and rescue . 2 3 4 recently odg was asked to help the canadian space agency in designing a lunar vehicle 5 the argo 8 8 750 hdi the argo is an all terrain 8 8 6 6 amphibious utv . odg has been manufacturing the argos for over three decades . argo produces a similar full body cab version named the centaur . the argo 8 8 700 hd road approved in the european union argo conquest technical details edit 8 8 and 6 6 triple differential admiral steering transmission provides even torque to all 8 of the 25 argo tires . hydraulic vented disc brakes front and rear axle bearing extensions one piece handlebar steering control with mounted brake lever . amphibious aftermarket parts available references edit company profile nunavut sar volunteers receive 12 amphibious avenger atvs to tackle rescues in partially thawed or frozen conditions . canadian american strategic review . 2009 11 . archived from the original on 2009 11 23 . check date values in date help avenger in collector s garb . nebraska farmer . 2007 10 07 . archived from the original on 2009 11 23 . jeremy clarkson 2009 08 07 . why small argo avenger is in a class of its own . business daily africa . archived from the original on 2009 09 26 . retrieved 2009 09 26 . http www.therecord.com news story 2573440 ontario drive and gear over the moon with rover vehicle the record ontario drive and gear over the moon with rover vehicle external links edit amphibious atv argo argo exploration permanent dead link argo utilities argo fire and rescue argo insect abatement retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title argo atv manufacturer & oldid 742038566 categories companies based in waterloo regionmotor vehicle manufacturers of canadahidden categories cs1 errors datespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2016articles with permanently dead external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 08 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view