How Do We Classify an RUV?
Saw my first one today. Thought it was a new Sprinter based brand, but the wheelbase was too long. Going inside the steering wheel emblem was Ford! They called it a "hybrid" "Recreational Utility V...
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No such thing as a Class A body on a Class C chassis. Either the chassis has a cab and the RV is a C or it came bare and the RV is an A.
Being bare chassis from E-series, or Sprinter, or G-series (some years ago) or F-series just means a oighter chassis was selected for a smaller A. Wasn't that long ago, 30 years, that many models of A gasser or front engine diesel came in at 10,000 to 12,300 pounds GVWR built on a chassis that commercially would be under a van, step van, or delivery truck.
RUV designation is a Thor marketing tool, trying to sell a RV as alternative to a large SUV (better target might be the conversion van) trying to convince you it is small enoughto be a daily driver. Not a RVIA category yet.
Being bare chassis from E-series, or Sprinter, or G-series (some years ago) or F-series just means a oighter chassis was selected for a smaller A. Wasn't that long ago, 30 years, that many models of A gasser or front engine diesel came in at 10,000 to 12,300 pounds GVWR built on a chassis that commercially would be under a van, step van, or delivery truck.
RUV designation is a Thor marketing tool, trying to sell a RV as alternative to a large SUV (better target might be the conversion van) trying to convince you it is small enoughto be a daily driver. Not a RVIA category yet.
