Navistar RV is gone.......Hello new owners

I sincerly hope this means the new line will look more like an RV than an OTR truck.
Ron

You never know, they could keep the same thing going! I for one thinks Fleetwood makes pretty good stuff and they have the reputation of their new aquisitions to keep up.

This from Monaco Intl the owners club.


A Message From The President
May 16, 2013



Dear Ronald & Linda Lorton,



Earlier this morning, the firm of Allied Specialty Vehicles, current owners of Fleetwood and American Coach, issued a press release announcing their immediate acquisition of Monaco RV, with Mike Snell as President of Monaco and Holiday Rambler.



The press release is quoted in its entirety below, and details about Allied Specialty Vehicles are available on their website, www.alliedsv.com . We will be issuing further bulletins about how this buyout will affect us as owners and MI members as we receive them. Stay tuned!


Wilt Greenwood

President, Monaco International



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact:

Laurie Perolio-Bullinger
lbullinger@labov.com
Cell: 260-602-0137

Allied Specialty Vehicles, Inc. Acquires Monaco RV

Orlando, Florida – (May 16, 2013) – Allied Specialty Vehicles (ASV), a leading $1 billion sales producer of specialty vehicles to the Fire & Emergency, Commercial & Industrial and Recreational Vehicles markets worldwide, today announced the purchase of the Monaco, Holiday Rambler and R-Vision recreational vehicle businesses and a collection of iconic brands, including Beaver and Safari (among others) from Navistar, Inc. (NYSE: NAV).



“ASV is honored to welcome all of the existing Monaco, Holiday Rambler, R-Vision, Beaver and Safari customers and an exceptional network of dealer partners to the ASV family,” said Peter Guile, CEO of ASV. “The ASV team is committed to providing our customers and dealers with exceptional product, service and support, and we are fully committed to re-establish the product leadership and extraordinary reputation for innovation, quality and service for which the Monaco family of brands has been known.”



“ASV is pleased to welcome Mike Snell as President of Monaco and Holiday Rambler,” said Guile. “Mike has made an invaluable contribution to the Monaco brands and the industry over his 20-year career with Monaco RV, and we look forward to his leadership during this new, exciting phase of growth.”



“We join the ASV family fully energized with worthy goals and high hopes as we jointly work to rebuild our iconic and proud RV industry brands,” commented Mike Snell. “With the commitment and support of ASV we’ll focus on developing innovative, distinct and aspirational products in keeping with the long and rich tradition of our brands. I look forward to working with our team, our dealers and our customers to make this vision a reality.”



Allied Specialty Vehicles (ASV)

ASV is a $1 billion-plus manufacturer comprised of industry-leading brands serving Fire & Emergency, Recreational and Commercial vehicle markets. Within the Fire & Emergency segment, ASV offers a full line of fire apparatus and ambulances. Within the Recreational Vehicle segment, the company produces motorized RVs under many of the industry’s most iconic brands. The Commercial segment produces school buses, terminal trucks and sweeper vehicles. For more information, visit us at www.alliedsv.com.



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We'll see how it goes. Back in 1989 we had a Fleetwood Pace Arrow and had pretty good luck with warranty service. I know they are completely re-organized but Fleetwood seems to be back in business and doing well. Since they just bought the Navistarrv line while it is still building if they don't treat their customers well the Monaco and Holiday Rambler will fail. I'm sure they don't want that to happen.

This is the 21st century. The internet conveys info quickly. Manufacturers can get a bad name quickly. We like our New Monaco and so far with Navistarrv we like the great warranty service. If it changes you'll see my posts.

So far in my Monaco 33SFD there are only a couple of issues we are unhappy with. No storage under the bed. The TV in the bedroom is mounted in an upper cupboard door. The TV speakers are inside the cupboard. I just mounted two stereo speakers. We gave up some things because DW wanted a washer/dryer. Things we just found out we got were double pane windows as standard.

coolcity wrote:

viajante wrote:
Had heard that NavistarRV was searching for a buyer. I am shocked that the parent company of Fleetwood would be interested. We'll see how it goes.

Iam not but what shocks me is where they got the money to buy the line.Fleetwood was for the most part bankrupt just a few short years ago and had to downsize and resturcture

In point of fact, Fleetwood did file bankruptcy and was bought and is currently owned by the same private equity group that has now bought Navisart RV ( AKA Monaco). Fleetwood did not purchase Monaco, the owners of Fleetwood did.

Great news for Monaco family of coaches. Sure hope the new company is not over leveraged as it could mean the death of all of them. This will be very good or very bad news eventually.

A lot of those, what we think of as secure brands, are merging with bigger pockets, thus they will survive, but under different management. MANY trailer names are a small devision of larger corporate names. A few years back Sunnybrook RV became a devision to Winnebago industries. As Sunnybrook produced fewer than 1,000 units yearly, and Winnebago produced ZERO towable units yearly, it was a win win decision for both companies. But alas, that Sunnybrook name will probably vanish over the coming years.

viajante wrote:
Had heard that NavistarRV was searching for a buyer. I am shocked that the parent company of Fleetwood would be interested. We'll see how it goes.

Iam not but what shocks me is where they got the money to buy the line.Fleetwood was for the most part bankrupt just a few short years ago and had to downsize and resturcture

Had heard that NavistarRV was searching for a buyer. I am shocked that the parent company of Fleetwood would be interested. We'll see how it goes.