(Jan. 1, 2008) — Altmans Winnebago, one of southern California’s largest RV dealers, announced today that it will sell new motorhomes, toy haulers, fifth wheels, and travel trailers at up to 50 percent off their original prices.
Under the banner of “Extreme Buy of a Lifetime” the promotion will offer the bargains on RVs from Winnebago, […]

Fifth wheel RV manufacturer NuWa Industries has announced that it will quit manufacturing RVs in late January. Products already in production will be completed. In a letter to dealers, company CEO Mike Mitchell wrote that he could not see enough “light at the end of the tunnel to feel confident that market conditions would improve […]

According to a survey last weekend of more than 1,300 RVers by RVtravel.com, 56 percent of recreational vehicle enthusiasts would buy a diesel-powered motorhome or tow vehicle if they were buying an RV today. Forty-four percent would prefer a gasoline-powered vehicle. In a similar survey on the website in January, 2008, fifty-one percent of the […]

Citing it as representing a motorhome of the future, the staff of RV Business Magazine has selected the 2010, 25-foot Via (also marketed as the Itasca Reyo) Class A motorhome as the “Best of Show” new model displayed at the recently completed Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA) National RV Trade Show in Louisville.
“It was a […]

Spartan Motors Chassis Inc., has agreed to pay $6 million for its role in a kickback scheme designed to steer millions of dollars in business its way. The company will plead guilty to “knowingly and willfully making a false statement” on a government form.
Spartan manufactures custom chassis to the makers of American Coach, Entegra, Fleetwood, […]

RV maker Fleetwood Enterprises Inc., has eliminated another 250 jobs from its facility in Decatur, Indiana. Approximately 220 of the job cuts were from the motorhome plant.
About 900 employees remain at Fleetwood plants in Decatur, about 20 miles southeast of Fort Wayne. Fleetwood spokeswoman Kathy Munson says the cuts are because of declining demand for […]