Are there 2 different Monaco's?
I'm confused, are there two different Monaco's? One that has/had the MaxxForce diesel and is still in business? And another Monaco that was built on a bus chassis and is no longer in business? ...
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There were actually THREE Monaco "companies"...
1. The original Monaco RV, built coaches on their own chassis, the Roadmaster, used Cummins, Detroit and Cat engines. Went Chapter 11 in 2009.
2. Navistar International, (originally International Harvester) bought the rights to Monaco thru the bankruptcy. They continued with the Roadmaster chassis but installed their own engines, the MaXXForce. However, they tried to get their engines past the Feds mandate for emissions and failed. So they put the RV division up for sale.
3. Allied Specialty Group purchased the entire caboodle from Navistar last year. They went back to the Cummins engines, (CAT and Detroit no longer making engines for RVs) They are using a modified Roadmaster chassis starting with the 2015 model year. The jury is still out on whether that chassis will be as good as the original.......Dennis
1. The original Monaco RV, built coaches on their own chassis, the Roadmaster, used Cummins, Detroit and Cat engines. Went Chapter 11 in 2009.
2. Navistar International, (originally International Harvester) bought the rights to Monaco thru the bankruptcy. They continued with the Roadmaster chassis but installed their own engines, the MaXXForce. However, they tried to get their engines past the Feds mandate for emissions and failed. So they put the RV division up for sale.
3. Allied Specialty Group purchased the entire caboodle from Navistar last year. They went back to the Cummins engines, (CAT and Detroit no longer making engines for RVs) They are using a modified Roadmaster chassis starting with the 2015 model year. The jury is still out on whether that chassis will be as good as the original.......Dennis
