2021 Chassis Class A Motorhomes
Does anyone here have a new gas motorhome on the new 2020/2021 F53 chassis with the new V8 and heavier duty suspension? If so, how about a review for us?
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We have put a deposit on, and are about to purchase a 2021 Newmar Bay Star with the new Ford chassis, engine. We will bring it home in a few weeks.
I spent an entire day looking over the new coach, crawling under it and looking around, test driving it, etc. Drove it for a good hour or so, total. I am nothing but impressed with the new chassis and engine.
Having owned a Georgetown 36' Class A (see signature) for 9 years built on a 2012 F53 V10 chassis...I'm here to tell you the new chassis handles noticeably better. Considerably less body roll in turns, and it overall just doesn't feel as much like a big, honkering RV as the old chassis did. It feels, rides more like a big car. Engine is noticeably quieter, too. When it does get loud, like when you get on the loud pedal hard, its a good kind of loud - A throaty, growling big block V8 kind of loud. I like it. :)
The V10 is a great, bullet-proof, rock solid motor that gave us years of great, reliable service. We worked it real hard, and it never had a single issue out of it all the years we owned it. However, it turns a lot of RPMs which make it kinda loud, and it ain't the cool kind of loud like this new V8.
I have read about the plug wire issues, know all about that. It seems from what I can tell, though, that this was/is a supplier issue that Ford had early on and has pretty well resolved now. I plan to have a very close look at the plug wires on ours when we get it, and if it doesn't look like the newer wire design, I'll go ahead and order a set of the newer wires (already found several places you can order them) and put them on.
I spent an entire day looking over the new coach, crawling under it and looking around, test driving it, etc. Drove it for a good hour or so, total. I am nothing but impressed with the new chassis and engine.
Having owned a Georgetown 36' Class A (see signature) for 9 years built on a 2012 F53 V10 chassis...I'm here to tell you the new chassis handles noticeably better. Considerably less body roll in turns, and it overall just doesn't feel as much like a big, honkering RV as the old chassis did. It feels, rides more like a big car. Engine is noticeably quieter, too. When it does get loud, like when you get on the loud pedal hard, its a good kind of loud - A throaty, growling big block V8 kind of loud. I like it. :)
The V10 is a great, bullet-proof, rock solid motor that gave us years of great, reliable service. We worked it real hard, and it never had a single issue out of it all the years we owned it. However, it turns a lot of RPMs which make it kinda loud, and it ain't the cool kind of loud like this new V8.
I have read about the plug wire issues, know all about that. It seems from what I can tell, though, that this was/is a supplier issue that Ford had early on and has pretty well resolved now. I plan to have a very close look at the plug wires on ours when we get it, and if it doesn't look like the newer wire design, I'll go ahead and order a set of the newer wires (already found several places you can order them) and put them on.
