would there be a $10k+ saving if the skinny winnie style C/B+ coaches were put on a ford E350 or chevy express 3500?
i guess i am wondering how, after the sprinters sorta brought the smaller euro-style rigs, the north american RV builders didn't try and continue to use the tried and true US built chassis that covered all class C sizes before..
is it simply about throwing as much sq. ft. on the truck as is possible? so, let the big trucks be for 30' MHs, and the lighter duty sprinters get the small C market...sounds uncompetitive.
unless sprinters don't actually cost the RV builder that much more than the ford/chevy. the newness of the sprinter+euro small MH created a desire for a new form of 'upscale' rig that all RV builders could cash-in on, perhaps?
what were other reasons that led to excluding the traditional ford E 350 and chevy 3500, thereby giving most of the 24' market segment to the sprinter?
likely the transit will nibble at the 27-24' boundary, and ducato will eat at the 21-24' end of things. ( the video actually said the sprinters are now carrying 25'8" MHs.)
