In 1980, John Deere was the official supplier of snowmobiles for the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York.
In 1982–1984, the snowmobile market was in a downward slide, and the driving force behind the snowmobile program, executive vice president Robert Carlson, had left the company.
This made ending the snowmobile program an easy decision for Deere.
Recently a prototype Liquifire was uncovered in a Polaris warehouse which would have been one of the first snowmobiles to feature independent front suspension.
His sled is currently on display at the Snowmobile Hall of Fame and Museum in St. Germain, Wisconsin.