Navistar RV is gone.......Hello new owners
Knew it was coming, but never thought Monaco & Holiday Rambler would become a division of Fleetwood RV.
Forum Discussion
Too funny!
Many of the comments missed the reality of Navistar RV as it exists today. Navistar has been trying desperately to unload it - it is NOT making money or producing much. Navistar management was down to two choices - close it down or get rid of it any way they could - at no time did they indicate anything more. This is NOT a case of selling something "desirable" - it's a case of getting rid of Monaco RV at any cost.
For months, Monaco has been trying to unload existing inventory by "extending" a rebate sale - this while RV inventories are LOW. There are very few Monaco RV dealers - many stopped taking orders and doing business long ago. All of Monaco's apparent "life" over the last year has been aimed at presenting Monaco RV as a worthwhile purchase for anyone who might consider it.
If anything, Fleetwood's owners have bought Monaco's trailer business and little else - probably a worthwhile move for them at (I guess) a bargain price.. There won't be much bragging at Navistar about the price they got for Navistar RV, but it won't be dragging them down anymore.
It's a shame! A once-proud leader in the RV business - with a history of innovation and daring (Workhorse, Roadmaster, and more) - dragged down to this. Will any of their patents (if they still are owned by Navistar RV?) ever see the marketplace again?
What's in a name? With all the new names in trailers and motorhomes, probably not much. Shopping today means learning all those new names and brands, but people manage. I wonder if the new owners feel reviving the old names will be help or hindrance? People who bought Holiday Ramblers are probably not going to be in the market again - and "Monaco" may suffer from it's history of recent years.
Many of the comments missed the reality of Navistar RV as it exists today. Navistar has been trying desperately to unload it - it is NOT making money or producing much. Navistar management was down to two choices - close it down or get rid of it any way they could - at no time did they indicate anything more. This is NOT a case of selling something "desirable" - it's a case of getting rid of Monaco RV at any cost.
For months, Monaco has been trying to unload existing inventory by "extending" a rebate sale - this while RV inventories are LOW. There are very few Monaco RV dealers - many stopped taking orders and doing business long ago. All of Monaco's apparent "life" over the last year has been aimed at presenting Monaco RV as a worthwhile purchase for anyone who might consider it.
If anything, Fleetwood's owners have bought Monaco's trailer business and little else - probably a worthwhile move for them at (I guess) a bargain price.. There won't be much bragging at Navistar about the price they got for Navistar RV, but it won't be dragging them down anymore.
It's a shame! A once-proud leader in the RV business - with a history of innovation and daring (Workhorse, Roadmaster, and more) - dragged down to this. Will any of their patents (if they still are owned by Navistar RV?) ever see the marketplace again?
What's in a name? With all the new names in trailers and motorhomes, probably not much. Shopping today means learning all those new names and brands, but people manage. I wonder if the new owners feel reviving the old names will be help or hindrance? People who bought Holiday Ramblers are probably not going to be in the market again - and "Monaco" may suffer from it's history of recent years.
