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Report: RV Market Worth $56.5 Billion By 2024
According to a new research report by Global Market Insights, the RV market size is estimated to reach $56.5 billion by…
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Jayco Picks RV Consumer Contest Winners
Jayco recently announced that Ava Snyder and Jaunita Reyes were selected as winners of the “Win a Trip to the RV…
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RV Shipments Declined 11 Percent in October
The RV Industry Association’s October survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments finished the month with 43,568 wholesale shipments,…
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NHTSA: Recalls Made for Keystone RV
Keystone RV is recalling certain 2019 Keystone Montana trailers with the Legacy package. The fasteners that secure the disc brake…
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Gallery: Land Ark RV to Showcase Units at Luxurea
Land Ark RV will exhibit its Draper trailer at the Luxurea Showcase & Exhibition in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Dec.…
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CARB Rules to Increase Cost of Heavy-Duty Engines
Last week, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted a proposal that will result in the heavy-duty (HD) engines used…
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RV Associations Praise HUD Rule
In a newly finalized rule, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) redefines the RV exemption from manufactured…
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NHTSA: Recalls Made for Forest River, TMC and More
Forest River is recalling certain 2017 to 2019 Forest River Georgetown and FR3 motorhomes, 2018 to 2019 Berkshire motorhomes and…
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Thor Appoints Trinske to VP of Investor Relations
Thor Industries has appointed Mark Trinske as vice president of investor relations. In this role, Trinske will be responsible for…
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Alliance Coach Adds Omni Super C Diesel
Alliance Coach of Wildwood, Fla., recently added the Thor Omni Super C diesel to its product line. Alliance Coach has…
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Fast Company: Airstream Accommodates Digital World
For the past five years, Airstream has celebrated a new golden age of growth. With sales up 218 percent over…
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Trends: RVs and Campsites Rise in China
RV culture is catching on among drivers in China as the country is witnessing a booming tourism industry, industry insiders…
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Cummins Powers Women Program Wins Award
The New York Moves Magazine recently recognized the Cummins Powers Women program in its 2018 Power Women Awards. Mary Chandler, vice president of corporate…
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Braxton Creek RV Partners with Northpoint
Braxton Creek has partnered with Northpoint Commercial Finance for dealer support. The partnership will enable dealers to wholesale floorplan Braxton…
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NHTSA: Recalls Made for Forest River, Daimler Vans, and Grand Design
Forest River is recalling certain 2018 to 2019 Cherokee Alpha Wolf and 2019 Cherokee Arctic Wolf recreational trailers. The awnings…
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Sources: USMCA Trade Pact Facing Push Back
Canada is pushing back against U.S. attempts to change the text of their September trade pact and the issue may…
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Final Duties on Chinese Aluminum Set
The U.S. Department of Commerce said Wednesday it would impose final antidumping and countervailing tariffs on Chinese common aluminum sheet…
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Cummins Celebrates Its 5 Millionth Turbocharger
Cummins has announced its Charleston Turbo Plant in South Carolina has produced its 5 millionth turbocharger, marking a significant milestone…
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Prevost Opens New Service Center in Florida
Prevost has opened its new service center in Orlando, Fla. With this addition, the company’s Parts & Service Network is growing…
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Hyland: Don’t Read Too Much into RV Slowdown
LAS VEGAS – Tim Hyland has seen his fair share of political turmoil and major market upheaval in his time…
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K-Z’s Connect Makes Impressions at Open House
K-Z recently unveiled its 2019 Connect lineup at Open House, with five new floorplans and residential amenities. “Dealers are very…
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Travel Lite Makes Most of New Expo Layout
LAS VEGAS – Moving the RV Dealers Association Convention/Expo to Paris Las Vegas seems to have given the show a…
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Northwood Reaches 50K Production Milestone
Northwood Manufacturing CEO Craig Orton, CFO Cerise Smallwood, CSO Donald Cochran and DSM Jim Baehmann were all present recently to…
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Braxton Creek RV Hires Jacobs as CEO
Braxton Creek RV has hired industry veteran Jim Jacobs as its new CEO. He also will be an equity investor…
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NHTSA: Recalls Made for Thor and FCCC
Thor Motor Coach is recalling certain 2013 Thor Ace, Daybreak, Challenger, Windsport, Hurricane, Outlaw, Tuscany, and Palazzo motorhomes. The windshield…
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RV PRO Awards Micro Minnie Best of Show
Winnebago Towables has announced that the Winnebago Micro Minnie 2405RG fifth wheel won a Best of Show from RV PRO…
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RVIA’s Trade Mission Highlights China Prospects
The RV Industry Association’s trade mission to China kicked off with strong international participation with more than 70 in attendance…
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Trade Deal with China May be Drafted Soon
President Donald Trump wants to reach an agreement on trade with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Group of 20…
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NeXus RV Named RV PRO’s Best of Show
NeXus RV recently announced that RV PRO named its prototype Bentley Diamond, Class A Motorhome as Best of Show for…
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Cummins Exec Elected to be RVIA Chairman
Cummins recently announced that Garry Enyart, director of Cummins mobile generator business, was elected to be chairman of the board…
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Gulf Stream Coach Unveils Envision Line
Gulf Stream Coach recently unveiled the Envision lightweight travel trailer at Open House in Elkhart, which won many praises from…
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RVIA Shows Impact of Aluminum Duties
The RV Industry Association, along with other associations and businesses, testified this week at the International Trade Commission (ITC) final…
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REV CEO to Present at the Baird Conference
REV Group’s CEO Tim Sullivan and CFO Dean Nolden will present at the Baird 2018 Global Industrials Conference at noon…
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Spartan Motors Sees Sales Increase of $37 Million
Spartan Motors has reported operating results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 showing that sales increased $37 million, or 20…
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Pointing Toward Success
Lisa Liegl Rees grew up with the RV industry in her blood. Her father, Pete Liegl, founder of the nation’s…
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Cummins Revenue Increases 12 Percent
Cummins has reported results for the third quarter of 2018, showing revenues of $5.9 billion, an increase of 12 percent from…
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New Bowlus Road Chief Ships Next Month
Bowlus Road Chief has announced a new Bowlus Road Chief – a travel trailer at measuring 26 feet. Deliveries for…
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Talin Mfg. Gets New Operations Manager
Talin Mfg. has promoted Tabitha Kelly to operations manager for its parts division for Talin RV. Kelly was hired this…
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inTech’s Sol to Begin Shipping in December
The newly released Sol is inTech’s first venture into the travel trailer market, and it shares a similar design to…
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NHTSA: Recalls Made for Forest River, Keystone, and Several More
Forest River is recalling certain 2017 Coachmen Cross Country, 2017 to 2019 Coachmen Sportscoach and Forest River Berkshire and Legacy…
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Members of Congress Call for Tariff Exclusions
The latest round of Chinese tariffs, commonly referred to as “List 3,” imposes tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports.…
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Flexsteel Reports Decline in Net Sales
Flexsteel Industries has reported its first quarter financial results showing net sales were $113.5 million, down 5.3 percent to the…
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Jayco Extends Customer Service Hours
Starting Oct. 29, Jayco’s customer service department will be available from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. in all time zones,…
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September RV Shipments Decline by 29 Percent
The RV Industry Association’s September survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments finished the month with 30,969 wholesale shipments,…
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Intel to Develop Driverless Tech
Mobileye’s driverless car is part of Intel’s attempt to grab a stake in autonomous technology and the Israeli company, which…
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Park Model Pilot Program Begins in National Park
A ribbon cutting was recently held for four park model RVs (PMRV) donated to Rocky Mountain National Park as part…
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Gallery: Erwin Hymer’s Hammill Attends Owasco RV Grand Opening
Owasco RV Centre in Clarington, Ontario, Canada, held the grand opening of its dealership on Oct. 18 to large crowd…
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Goshen Citizens Ask for Halt on Keystone Building
Neighbors south of newly annexed Keystone RV land want to know when the company will stop building, the Goshen Board of…
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Crane Co. Sees Sales Decline in RV Market
Crane Co., a manufacturer of industrial products, reported third quarter 2018 sales were a record $856 million, an increase of…
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The New B’s
Class B motorhomes as a market segment are on the move. Consider that wholesale shipments to dealers are on track…
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Navistar Partners with Technical Schools
Navistar has launched the Navistar Service Essentials Program, a partnership program designed to help qualified technical schools prepare the next…
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NHTSA: Recalls Made for Keystone, FR, and More
Keystone RV is recalling certain 2016 to 2019 Keystone Impact and Fuzion recreational trailers. The wiring for the electric brakes…
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Newmar Holds Vendor Dinner, Presents Virgil Miller Award
Newmar Corp. hosted its annual Vendor Appreciation Banquet Thursday evening at Das Dutchman Essenhaus in Middlebury, Ind. Approximately 150 people…
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DSI Survey is Available to Take
The RV Dealers Associations’ 25th Annual Dealers Satisfaction Index survey is underway, the organization recently reported. The online version of the survey…
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VIDEO: Winnebago CEO Appears on CNBC
Winnebago CEO says company continues to see healthy demand for RVs from CNBC. Michael Happe, CEO of Winnebago, discusses if…
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Pittsburgh RV Liquidation Super Sale Underway
The Pittsburgh RV Super Sale will take place at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh from Oct.…
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Winnebago Stock Jumps Beyond Expectations
Shares of Winnebago Industries jumped 6.3 percent in premarket trade Wednesday, after the manufacturer reported its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and…
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AEV Creates Outpost II Jeep Camper
To celebrate the final model year of the JK-model Jeep Wrangler, AEV created a custom, self-contained overlanding camper. “The JK…
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Winnebago Exceeds $2 Billion in Revenue for 2018
Winnebago has reported its financial results for its fourth quarter and showed that full-year revenues for 2018 exceeded $2 billion for first…
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LiquidSpring Now Available for Ford F53 Chassis
CLASS patented suspensions from LiquidSpring are now available for all Ford F53 motorhome chassis through Detroit Custom Chassis. These suspension…
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Airstream Awards Sales Reps at First Open House
Airstream of Chicago Sales Representatives Bryan Kendall and Amber Koche were recently recognized as Airstream Master Sales certified. Both representative’s certifications are in Airstream towables…
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Vehicle Materials Coming at a Higher Cost
Raw material prices are hovering near a six-year high as automakers wrestle with volatile costs of steel, aluminum, copper and…
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Navistar Repays $200 Million in Convertible Notes
Navistar International has repaid in full its 4.5 percent Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes issued in October 2013. The repayment of the…
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Escapees, Winnebago to Improve RVer Experiences
Note: The following is a portion of an article published in the Escapees Club Newsletter today. Earlier this year, Escapees…
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Heartland Makes ‘Complete Redesign’ to Bighorn
Heartland RV recently announced that its Bighorn line has gone through a complete redesign for 2019 to appeal to a…
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NHTSA: Recall Made for Livin’ Lite
Livin’ Lite RV is recalling certain 2017 to 2019 Livin’ Lite CampLite travel trailers, models 21BHS, 21RBS, 23RKS and 23RLS.…
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Thor Adds Amelia A. Huntington to Board
Thor Industries has appointed Amelia A. Huntington to serve on its board of directors effective Oct. 11. Huntington joins the…
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NADA Q3 Insights Show Upward Trend in RV Market
NADAguides recently released its RV market insights for the third quarter of 2018, showing all segments of the market are…
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RVIA Joins the Americans For Free Trade Coalition
The RV Industry Association recently joined the Americans for Free Trade coalition, and the association said it encourages its members’ companies, who…
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RVIA and NMAA Support New Trade Agreement
Following the formal announcement of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on Oct. 1, both the RV Industry Association and the National Marine Manufacturers Association voiced their…
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Northwood Hosts Dealer Appreciation Event
Northwood Manufacturing held its Dealer Appreciation and Product Showcase Oct. 2-3 in order to recognize its top dealers and exhibit…
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Spartan Motors Welcomes 75 Students to Facility
Spartan Motors recently celebrated Manufacturing Day this month by introducing more than 75 local high school students to career possibilities in manufacturing…
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Creating Classic Coaches
Greg and Stephanie Williams like a challenge. It’s a good thing they do, given that customers seem to enjoy giving…
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RV Care and Coachmen Extend Partnership
Building on the initial success of the new Northern Spirit Ultra-Light RV Care Approved travel trailers, RV Care Network and…
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Walorski Issues Statement on Trade Agreement
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) recently released the following statement after the U.S., Canada, and Mexico announced a new trilateral…
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NHTSA: Recalls Made for FR, Jayco, and More
Forest River is recalling certain 2019 Coachmen Catalina and Apex travel trailers and Forest River Shasta, Wildwood, Salem, Vibe, Sierra,…
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Thor Makes IndustryWeek’s No. 2 Spot
In 1980, a financier and an heir to the Busch beer empire joined forces and bought a recreational trailer company…
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Eighth-Graders Size Up Manufacturing
Local eighth-graders are getting a peek at what manufacturing looks like in Elkhart County, Ind., this week and a glimpse…
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Dometic Partners with Keystone in Pomona
Dometic of Elkhart, Ind., is teaming up with Keystone RV to provide RV shoppers a cool place to hang out at…
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Vehicles with FRCC Chassis Recalled
Daimler Trucks North America is recalling certain 2016-2019 Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. XBR, XBS, XCR, XCM, XCL, and XCS recreation…
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La. Dealer Wins Corvette from Thor Industries
ELKHART, Ind. – Attending Thor Industries’ 10th annual Open House Week proved particularly rewarding for one Louisiana dealership representative, who…
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Airstream Unveils Limited Edition Touring Coach Package
Airstream has launched its Interstate EXT Slate Edition touring coach. This special edition – limited to 75 – which will be…
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Aliner Debuts Two New Units
Aliner recently debuted the Grand Ascape and the Great Ascape at Elkhart Open House. The Grand Ascape weighs less than…
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Braxton Creek RV Introduces Three New Models
Braxton Creek RV recently introduced three new models at Open House. “We are excited to add these three new towable…
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OneControl Standard on Grand Design’s Momentum
Lippert Components has announced that Grand Design’s 2019 Momentum units will come standard with OneControl ConnectAnywhere cellular technology. The 2019…
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Forest River Toy Hauler Gets Solar Package
Jaboni Power Products recently announced the Forrest River Work and Play Galaxy Package, a solar power package for toy haulers.…
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Keystone RV’s Springdale Adds New Features
Keystone RV’s Springdale brand is celebrating 20 years with 2019 models completely re-designed from the ground up. “Everything is now…
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Community: Woodytent Donates Tent to Care Camps
A Woodytent M was recently donated to KOA Care Camps for a live auction. The tent, valued at $27,000, will…
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Gallery: Entertainers Cap Off Open House Day 1
ELKHART, Ind. – The first day of Open House Week 2018 finished off with a bang – or, more appropriately,…
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Majority of August RV Shipments Decrease
The RV Industry Association’s August survey of manufacturers found RV wholesale shipments finished at 39,417 units, a decrease of 12.5…
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Thor Joint Venture Launches Togo App for RVers
TH2, the joint venture between Thor Industries and Tourism Holdings, brings to life the first edition of Togo, an app designed…
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Jayco Introduces Residential Walk-in Shower
Jayco recently introduced luxury fifth wheel units featuring oversized, residential walk-in showers. Several 2019 Pinnacle and Seismic luxury fifth wheel units…
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NHTSA: Recalls Made for Jayco, TMC, and More
Jayco is recalling certain 2018 Jayco Alante vehicles. The leveling system hydraulic hoses may become damaged due to their location,…
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Heartland Debuts Milestone Fifth Wheel
Heartland RV recently debuted its Milestone fifth wheel at Elkhart’s RV Open House near the RV/MH Hall of Fame. “The…
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TMC Unveils New Super C Motorhomes
Thor Motor Coach (TMC) has unveiled two new brands of Super C’s, the Omni and Magnitude, at its 9th annual…
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REV Reveals the American Dream Class A
REV Recreation Group has launched the new, fully-redesigned American Dream Class A RV under its American Coach luxury RV brand.…
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Winnebago Appoints Maria Blase to Board
Winnebago Industries has appointed Maria Blase to its board of directors, who will sit on the Audit and the Nominating…
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Johnson RV Adds Roadtrek
Johnson RV in Sandy, Ore., recently began offering the Roadtrek Simplicity Class B RV for sale or hire. The Roadtrek…
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Travel Lite Evokes Style and Chic at Open House Kickoff
SYRACUSE, Ind. – About 100 representatives from dealers around the country left the First Annual Travel Lite Open House Week…
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Winnebago Launches New Products at Open House
Winnebago motorhomes and towables will launch several new products at this year’s Winnebago Open House event, including the Class C…
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