RV industry in a slump, or just Thor?

BB_TX wrote:

theoldwizard1 wrote:
I would not call it a slump, unless sales stay low for another 6 months or so. Slow down to a more "normal" pace would be more correct,

The financial rags create stories where there are none. Helps sell their pubs. Much like the investment “pros” who have been predicting a market crash for the last 6-8 years. Some day they will actually be right and they will scream “I told you so!”

And the manufacturers along with the RV Industry association (RVIA) also create stories where there are none.

In the 4 years leading up to the recession, 2004 to 2007 the RV Industry shipped 1,464,000 RVs. In the 4 years, 2014 through 2018 which is claimed to be a sales boom by the RVIA and the RV Industry in general, they shipped 1,700,000.

Personally I don't see where an increase over a given 4 year period, ten years later, of about 236,000 can be called a sales boom. And that's not even accounting for a population increase from 2008 to 2018 of about 22 million. Factor that in and the sales boom looks more like finally getting back to where you were a decade ago and even that is pushing it. A lot of BS about nothing.

They have a long way to go before they can claim a sales boom. 2007 to 2010 they only shipped 997000.

But they have to make it look good for the investors and all the hype tends to attract naive buyers