I just recently downsized from a Class A to a Class C. After some research, I liked the offerings from Forest River with their Sunseeker and Forester line of C's. I settled on the Sunseeker, which is offered in the Chevy, Ford and Sprinter chassis. Recently, rumor has it that Forest River will not offer Ford's E350 chassis in the future, but instead has decided to use only Ford's E450 chassis (mine is a 450). The E450 chassis uses Ford's larger V10 (different "chip" give more HP), a 6 speed transmission, and has more weight capacity including a 7500 lb hitch.
I've been told that currently, the Chevy chassis is not available. Apparently, the assembly line at Chevy has two or three different types of vehicles produced on it. So the cutaway chassis used in Class C's are only produced for a short time. On the other hand, Ford's assembly line only produces E450's and E350's in a variety of types including the cutaway chassis.
Forest River is an interesting company. Started in 1996, it is owned by Berkshire Hathaway, a Warren Buffet company, that owns a diverse conglomerate of companies including newspapers, GEICO Insurance, Dairy Queen, Fruit of the Loom, and a whole lot more. Forest River manufacturers Class A and C coaches, towables (5th Wheel and TT), park models, and transit vehicles like you see at airports taking people to hotels or car rentals. I was told that Forest River has 26 manufacturing plants in the US with a brand new one just opened in Michigan.
Forest River has two "Grand Touring Series" Class C's in a 97" width and their Sprinter chassis C's in a 95" width. The standard width for their C's is 101".
