RobertRyan wrote:
tatest wrote:
don't see the market for US-style C's, 24 to 30+ feet and 14,000+ GVWRs,
I would disagree with that. We have now 26ft NORMAL C's based on Euro based Cab Chassis. As well 31ft Class C's based on light Japanese Trucks. Class C's are restricted to roughly 30-31ft here(Caravan park camping) as far as GVWR/GCVWR the sky is the limit for the base donor vehicles are numerous.(i.e 20,000lb towing)
FWD and small engines work in Europe because the motorhomes on those chassis aren't any heavier, and not much taller or wider, than our full-size SUVs. About 30% larger than our minivans.
Neither is that the case. Depends on who builds them. The maximum GVWR of a Ducato is 11,000lb. The IVECO Daily powered Concorde Liner has a GVWR of 15,000lb a Payload of 3000lb and a towing capacity of a 5000lb with a Automatic.
carringb wrote:
Ducato/Pormaster is FWD. Not way would you be able to pull a 30'+ coach up any sort of a grade without madly spinning the tires.
You are taking what I said out of context, to argue against something I didn't say. The fact that larger RVs are available in Europe does not refute the fact that FWD works because the FWD motorhomes are small.
What you have in Australia does not have much to do with where the market might go in the U.S., particularly if the current EPA schedule for reduction in fuel consumption holds, and exceptions are not made for niche markets like RVs.
