winnebago trend is now available class c

mlts22 wrote:
This is a gamble for Winnebago, but I think there will be people buying this "C" just because of the high MPG (I think upper teens.)

There are a few nice features, such as the on-demand water heater. There are downsides as well. No slideouts is the biggest thing, but with a drop-down bed, it might not be as big a deal. The second downside is that this MH doesn't tow that much (2000 pound tow, 200 pound tongue which is enough for a cargo rack, but not much else.) One is definitely not hauling a toad with this rig. However, those downsides are not too bad, provided one doesn't mind packing up camp and using this to park at a county fair and such.

Just the MPG numbers will get it in the door in some households. Having similar fuel economy to a full size pickup truck is a lot easier to swallow than 8-10 MPG.

The price too is easy to swallow -- a couple thousand more than their "B", which is very strange (normally "B"s cost far more), so I would expect this to sell in the mid-70k range.

Pls LINK to your misinformation?!

There's NO way that will get "upper-teens mpg!"

Just as there's NO way that unit will sell in "the 70s!"

The Winnebago LINK clearly states the price of; "$87K."

I think there's a great need for a unit loke this. It is basically half the price of the Winnebago View 24' diesel MB Sprinter.

I really am interested in a Winnebago Class C or larger as my next unit. I am soo tired of all the roof leaks in my $100,000.00 Born Free Class C!

I see a two-four design for toadless travel: roughly, dimensions of a Rialta plus a few inches here and there (LWH, 24’, a bit under 2.4 meters, and just a bit over 2.4 m.

Kudos bigtime to Winnie to try a unique adaptation for the US market in bringing some great Euro ideas over in the Rialta. VW sucked on their end.

But now we have a proven versatile front drive chassis from an established Euro/US company, Chrysler, who will service the Ducato as a MH chassis.

The Ducato record is an international success for delivering the 2-4 compared to the VW Rialta of 2004.



Winnie guys,


Please. No Sprinter look-a-likes - get bold w/ the flexible MH chassis from Ducato.

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carringb wrote:

What will happen when the Transit comes out? The chassis will be mostly on-par with the Ducato/Promaster size and weight wise, but the Transit is RWD and be offered with the 3.5L EcoBoost and a 5-cyl diesel. The 3.5L will probably offer similar fuel economy but have twice the power.

Fewer Sprinters around?

mlts22 wrote:
This is a gamble for Winnebago, but I think there will be people buying this "C" just because of the high MPG (I think upper teens.)

Upper teens may be a stretch. Under-powered gas motors sometimes don't get any better fuel economy because they are constantly wound up so high.

What will happen when the Transit comes out? The chassis will be mostly on-par with the Ducato/Promaster size and weight wise, but the Transit is RWD and be offered with the 3.5L EcoBoost and a 5-cyl diesel. The 3.5L will probably offer similar fuel economy but have twice the power.

mlts,

where'd you get the costs from?


anybody,

are those single rear or duallies?

This is a gamble for Winnebago, but I think there will be people buying this "C" just because of the high MPG (I think upper teens.)

There are a few nice features, such as the on-demand water heater. There are downsides as well. No slideouts is the biggest thing, but with a drop-down bed, it might not be as big a deal. The second downside is that this MH doesn't tow that much (2000 pound tow, 200 pound tongue which is enough for a cargo rack, but not much else.) One is definitely not hauling a toad with this rig. However, those downsides are not too bad, provided one doesn't mind packing up camp and using this to park at a county fair and such.

Just the MPG numbers will get it in the door in some households. Having similar fuel economy to a full size pickup truck is a lot easier to swallow than 8-10 MPG.

The price too is easy to swallow -- a couple thousand more than their "B", which is very strange (normally "B"s cost far more), so I would expect this to sell in the mid-70k range.

IAMICHABOD wrote:

Dakzuki wrote:

See the massive problem with that RV? The house door is on the wrong side for a right hand drive vehicle.

And is that a 6 Speed manual transmission?

Yes it is. Europe still does lots of manual transmissions along with smaller engines.

Dakzuki wrote:

See the massive problem with that RV? The house door is on the wrong side for a right hand drive vehicle.

And is that a 6 Speed manual transmission?

i wonder what the weight limits are for these drop down beds

burlmart wrote:
Tom

Especially for a solo RVer,

this is what Ducato can do for the US market

What Winnebago has done w/ Ducato is superfluous (see any of the Sprinters)

We need an innovative return of the Rialta: The 6'7" interior height and Sprinter-wide Trend is no Rialta.

See the massive problem with that RV? The house door is on the wrong side for a right hand drive vehicle.