Investment in Other Affiliates

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Investments in and Advances to Affiliates, Schedule of Investments [Abstract]

Investment in Other Affiliates

Investment in Other Affiliates

The Company has certain investments in nonmarketable securities of strategic companies. The Company had $0 and $6,133,000 of such investments as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, which are recorded as a component of other long-term assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

During 2018, the Company had an investment in Eicher-Polaris Private Limited (“EPPL”) a joint venture established in 2012 with Eicher Motors Limited (“Eicher”) intended to design, develop and manufacture a full range of new vehicles for India and other emerging markets. However, during the first quarter of 2018, the Board of Directors of EPPL approved a shut down of the operations of the EPPL joint venture. As a result of the closure, the Company recognized $27,048,000 of costs, including impairment, associated with the wind-down of EPPL for the year ended December 31, 2018. No such costs were recorded in 2019. The investment was fully impaired as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.

The Company impairs an investment and recognize a loss if and when events or circumstances indicate there is impairment in the investment that is other-than-temporary. When necessary, Polaris evaluates investments in nonmarketable securities for impairment, utilizing level 3 fair value inputs. As a result of the Victory^® Motorcycles wind down, the Company recognized an impairment of substantially all of its cost-method investment in Brammo, Inc. in the first quarter of 2017. The impairment was recorded within other expense, net in the consolidated statements of income, and reduced the Brammo investment. See Note 16 for additional discussion related to charges incurred related to the Victory Motorcycles wind down.

In October 2017, an agreement was signed to sell the assets of Brammo, Inc. to a third party. The sale was completed in the fourth quarter of 2017, and as a result of the sale, Polaris recorded a gain, which is included in Other (income) expense, net on the 2017 consolidated statements of income. During the first quarter of 2018, Polaris received additional distributions from Brammo and recognized a gain of $13,478,000, which is included in Other (income) expense on the consolidated statements of income.