2017 Class A's

Effy wrote:
Beating a dead horse, but despite "gearing up for production" and all that, I struggle how it makes any difference in what you call a unit. If it comes off the line in Apr 2016, I don't care what you call it, it's a 2016. Might be called "2017" design, which is still nonsense. Most 2017 designs were conceived in 2015. It's all marketing to get folks to buy the newest models. If they "geared up production" for a new model this year and called it a 2016 (which it is) they wouldn't sell as many. So, they lie. And to say it's not a lie defies any concept of space and time. If it isn't 2017, it isn't a 2017 model. And RV manufacturers are the worst. 2017 models coming out in in Jan of 2016 is either magical time-travelling or a generous dose of marketing hype. I get why they do it, it's still not accurate if you want to compare it to a calendar. Any calendar will do.

The only viable logic is that if they call them a model a year ahead so that they get a whole extra 12 months of sale time while they liquidate the previous model year's inventory. I think it has very little to do with gearing up for production. It has everything to do with advertising and avoiding a lull in sales.

The way I look at it Effy, is that it works well for the 10 yr. rule at RV parks! Why waste a year of being locked out of your favorite park?

The 2006 coaches built in 2005 are on thin ice. :p

MM.