RV industry death spiral...
I'm greatly looking forward to this series of articles over the next couple of weeks: http://rvdailyreport.com/opinion/opinion-the-rv-industry-death-spiral-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-370313 ...
Forum Discussion
Although I'm pretty happy with my own unit, the Class B niche is a small part of the RV market. I don't think the industry is in a death spiral, but from reading this forum for more than a decade and talking to other RVers, I think there is the potential for significant market disruption. The widespread quality control problems are similar to those that plagued the Big 3 automakers in the late 1970s & early 80s, when Detroit & the UAW acted like they had a near-monopoly that could pass along higher prices and lower quality without consequences. Japanese & European competitors cleaned their clock by offering a better product, and it took quite a while for the domestic manufacturers to get their act together.
I'm not sure how many RV makers are positioned to benefit from better quality control, but it's almost certain that a failure to do so will sooner or later cause Lemon Laws and/or other consumer protections to be extended to RVs, while customers eventually vote with their feet and gravitate to those that produce better products.
I'm not sure how many RV makers are positioned to benefit from better quality control, but it's almost certain that a failure to do so will sooner or later cause Lemon Laws and/or other consumer protections to be extended to RVs, while customers eventually vote with their feet and gravitate to those that produce better products.
