As good economic times continue to roll along, so does the RV industry.
Two Denver-area recreational vehicle dealers have expanded into the Colorado Springs area in the past three years amid strong sales of RVs locally and statewide, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette.
Windish RV Center, with locations in Lakewood and Longmont, expanded in 2017 to Fountain. Cousins RV, meanwhile, opened a showroom and lot at 3204 E. Platte Ave.; it also has locations in Wheat Ridge and Loveland. The two openings boosted the number of area RV dealers to seven as the industry’s sales boomed to record levels locally and statewide in 2017-18, according to vehicle registration data.
Colorado RV sales, measured by registration of travel trailers and larger fifth-wheel trailers, peaked at a record 10,846 in 2018 before declining about 10 percent through November of last year, according to the latest data available. Registrations of camper trailers in El Paso County were nearly flat last year at 709, up seven units from 2018, according to data from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Economic Forum compiled by Colorado Interactive.
The industry will show off its newest and most popular RVs from Thursday through Saturday at the Colorado Springs RV & Outdoor Show at the Colorado Springs Event Center, 3960 Palmer Park Blvd. The seven local dealers will display more than 100 RVs, ranging from lightweight towable trailers to motorized coaches the size of a tiny home, during the three-day show that attracted more than 4,000 people last year.
