Just to be curious , when is the end date for the e series chassis that is used for most class c and what are the m h c ompanies going to use when ford stops making them?

I'd be interested in that, too.When the E450 cutaway series that medium-small U.S. motorhome manufacturers use goes away, I hope that Ford has an approximately 14,500 lb. weight capacity, dually rear wheel drive replacement for it. The next size down chassis is the size Ford's bringing into their U.S. offerings, to the best of my knowledge. Also, a motorhome, with it's extreme weight bias to the rear requires rear wheel drive for best traction in the widest variety of road surface situations. Front wheel drive in a motorhome doesn't hack it, IMHO.Our small (24 foot) Class C on the E450 chassis feels rock solid and tough - like it has a real truck under it. Some would think it's an unnecessary over-kill chassis ... I call it just right.What Ford needs to come up with, IMHO, is a high miles-per-gallon Eco-Boost V10 for a their E450 cutaway series.

E-series cutaways and cab-chassis have been committed though the 2019 model year. After that, I suspect they'll drop the Transit's cab onto a stripped F-series chassis. The hybrid Unibody/frame rail setup used for the Transit cutaway chassis limits how heavy it can go (ditto Sprinter and ProMaster).

carringb wrote:E-series cutaways and cab-chassis have been committed though the 2019 model year.Outstanding!!!Now .... how about an Eco-Boost V10 engine for it.

GM is also continuing in this market, currently dominating the 11,000-14,000 pound class in cab-chassis and van cutaway because of the available diesel engine, and unlikely to leave that market any time soon. The cutaway market is about 90,000 units a year, most of them not RVs. Almost half of the market is Class 4, 14,000+ GVWR, and the unibody van solutions from Daimler, Fiat and Ford do not cover that segment.I suspect the class C RV will evolve toward European types that fit within the limits of the more economical European style chassis now being adapted to our market. But even if all C RVs went small, most of the heavy cutaway market will still be there. While the emergency vehicle segment can reasonably go to conventional cab class 4 trucks for most locations, with the bonus of readily available 4x4, the airport/hotel/small passenger bus segment really likes the compactness of the van cab.For the market to go away the 16-30 passenger buses built on the cutaway need to be replaced by another center-aisle solution: enlarged vans like the Sprinter Minibus, or a true minibus like the Toyota Coaster. Both of these are built at about 11,000 pounds, a ton and a half lighter than the coaches we currently use in this size class.Looking over the past five years wholesale shipments, Class C RVs have been running 8,000 to 15,000 units a year, picking up to that latter figure just recently. So RVs are about 1/10 to 1/6 of the market for van cutaways in the U.S.

Tatest wrote:For the market to go away the 16-30 passenger buses built on the cutaway need to be replaced by another center-aisle solution: enlarged vans like the Sprinter Minibus, or a true minibus like the Toyota Coaster. Both of these are built at about 11,000 pounds, a ton and a half lighter than the coaches we currently use in this size classThere are others that are much heavier, that are based on Light Japanese Trucks.(27,000lb GCVWR) The Toyota is a "Coaster" fairly lightweight. You can get ones based on Hino , Mitsubishi, Isuzu Buses , that have roughly 7-8 Litre engines. No shortage of European bases, IVECO,MAN, SCANIA etc

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pnichols
Explorer II
Oct 27, 2014
carringb wrote:
E-series cutaways and cab-chassis have been committed though the 2019 model year.

Outstanding!!!

Now .... how about an Eco-Boost V10 engine for it.
carringb
Explorer
Oct 27, 2014
E-series cutaways and cab-chassis have been committed though the 2019 model year. After that, I suspect they'll drop the Transit's cab onto a stripped F-series chassis. The hybrid Unibody/frame rail setup used for the Transit cutaway chassis limits how heavy it can go (ditto Sprinter and ProMaster).
pnichols
Explorer II
Oct 27, 2014
I'd be interested in that, too.

When the E450 cutaway series that medium-small U.S. motorhome manufacturers use goes away, I hope that Ford has an approximately 14,500 lb. weight capacity, dually rear wheel drive replacement for it. The next size down chassis is the size Ford's bringing into their U.S. offerings, to the best of my knowledge. Also, a motorhome, with it's extreme weight bias to the rear requires rear wheel drive for best traction in the widest variety of road surface situations. Front wheel drive in a motorhome doesn't hack it, IMHO.

Our small (24 foot) Class C on the E450 chassis feels rock solid and tough - like it has a real truck under it. Some would think it's an unnecessary over-kill chassis ... I call it just right.

What Ford needs to come up with, IMHO, is a high miles-per-gallon Eco-Boost V10 for a their E450 cutaway series.

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