Class A on Class C Chassis Thor Vegas

All of the Axis/Vegas are Ford gas powered V-10 engines.

We actually think it is a very innovative coach! To the best of our knowledge Thor was the first to build an A coach on an E350 chassis.They are all 94" wide and between 25.5 and 26.5 feet long. All floor plans have one slide. When we downsized from our 37 foot A, we wanted a more narrow and shorter class A. This one fit both criteria!!!

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and everybody thanks so much, I will check out that forum, I think this is an innovative idea but apparently it is not? it does look so easy for me the "old wife" to drive because "old hubbie" is tired of it? May I ask please if you got the gas engine? or is that all they come with? I try to get hubbie to see these posts because I do not understand chassis and engines much..

rv4jimnme wrote:
Been looking at Class C's and found this new concept. Anybody know anything or buy one? thanks

We have owned and been pleased with our Thor Axis for about 18 months now. There are now 5 different floor plans for the Axis/Vegas, with the 25.3 being the latest addition. When we bought there was only one floor plan ,the 24.1, and we had to travel out of state just to see and purchase it!

If you check out the Thor Forum there are quite a few Axis/Vegas owners on it that can give you lots of feedback based on their experiences with these coaches.

Not really a class C chassis. That would mean a cab-chassis or cutaway.

What it is, E-series bare chassis used for GVWR up to 14,500 GVWR, F-53 bare chassis over that rating. No different from when everyone was using the Chevy chassis, G-series up to 12,300 pounds, P-series from that rating up to 18,000, which was not exceeded until Workhorse took overthe chassis business and introduced the W-series for ratings 20,000 and beyond.

Just another marketing ploy,to make you feel better,like the mythical B+.

It is not a new concept,Fleetwood did it in 2005,26Q Class C and the Fiesta 26Q

Exact same floor plan, chassis and storage compartments with the Class C dash,one a Class C and the other a Class A.

I toured the Thor at a show it was clearly a small Class A with a class C dash,and chassis and a poorly put together one at that.

mikebreeze wrote:
The Axis/Vegas models are selling well so I don't think they'll be discontinuing them anytime soon. And I don't know if the 10 year rule applies to RV manufacturers, but if the windshields are no longer available from Thor, I'm sure that someone else will step up and make a replacement.

There is no "ten year rule" in general. Manufacturers are required to make good on their warranties, but beyond that there's no mandate that spare/replacement parts be made available. Chevrolet would not sell a new transmission pan (which hung down in the front and was relatively exposed to damage) for the Prizm I used to own about eight years after it was made; luckily for me, the identical part was readily available from Toyota for the Corolla, which of course was the same car. A friend with an Aveo of the same vintage that needed a replacement oil pan at around the same time was not so fortunate; I think she eventually managed to find and get one shipped from a junkyard hundreds of miles away.

The Axis/Vegas models are selling well so I don't think they'll be discontinuing them anytime soon. And I don't know if the 10 year rule applies to RV manufacturers, but if the windshields are no longer available from Thor, I'm sure that someone else will step up and make a replacement.

It is an interesting class "A", although I would dread getting windshield damage because that is something that likely would be almost impossible to find or replace if Thor changes/discontinues the model.

Thor has ACE on a Ford F-53 Class A chassis. The VEGAS uses a "stripped" E-350 Class C chassis. Stripped means no cab of any kind. Not Chassis/Cab like a cube van uses, or a Cutaway like Class C uses. The Stripped is a chassis, powertrain, steering column.



Thor website has information. I find both very interesting.