RUV's
I want an RV that's easy to travel with and has modern features to go visit my kids in college and travel. Obviously the Winnebago View and Itasca Navion would be awesome, but are expensive. I've noti...
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burlmart wrote:
speaking of short old class As, i would dare say they are not a lot bigger than current full-size dually sprinter class Bs. (for sure when looking at GMC As)
First year of motorhome production for Winnebago (1969) the offerings were a 17-footer on Ford's P-350 SRW panel truck chassis, 18, 22 and 24 feet on the Dodge M-300 DRW chassis, and a 27 footer on the heavier (but stlll DOT Class 3) Dodge M-375 chassis. All but the 27-footer would fall into or under the size range Thor is now marketing as RUV, and they targeted a similar recreational (rather live in it full time) market.
In the early 70s the next step up, but still not often much more than 30 -34 feet, was to specialized coaches at two to five times the price, like the Clark Cortez or the early Newells, or motor coach coversions, which were just as sky high in price as they are today.
So the RUV is sort of a step back to a much earlier marketing concept that didn't have a name, since RV had not yet been coined to define an industry.
