Difference in Itasca Winnebago and View

Gonzo42 wrote:
The MSRP on the View is about $4K more than the Navion.

http://www.rvguide.com/specs/winnebago/class-c/2008/view/24h.html

http://www.nadaguides.com/RVs/2008/Itasca/M-24H-DODGE-SPRINTER-DIESEL/3048295/Floorplan

The Winnebago and Itasca web sites show the exact same MSRPs for the View and Navion.

The MSRP on the View is about $4K more than the Navion.

http://www.rvguide.com/specs/winnebago/class-c/2008/view/24h.html

http://www.nadaguides.com/RVs/2008/Itasca/M-24H-DODGE-SPRINTER-DIESEL/3048295/Floorplan

rr2254545 wrote:
Made on the same production line, only difference with be decor and cosmetics

as an owner of a view and looker for yrs,this is spot on

Do your own research. Go to a dealer that sells both (like I did), get order sheets for both, and compare specs, price.

The things I marked in red are also in my Winnebago Class C. They may have been options, but they were included when I walked onto the lot.

pnichols wrote:
From reading these forums down through the years regarding what folks do and don't have in/on their Class C rigs, I'm not sure that Itasca isn't a bit "higher end" than the standard Winnebago units .... or least maybe the Winnebago's Itasca line used to be.

For instance, my stock 2005 Itasca Class C came with such things (some of which might have been optional within Winnebago's namesake line) as:

- Heated tanks

- Outside shower

- Dual 12 volt batteries

- A built-in charging station including 4 FRS walkie-talkies

- An automatic electric coach step

- An outside entertainment center with radio, TV outlets, 120V/12V outlets and TV shelf ,,, including a separate antenna on the roof for the ET center radio

- Key fob controlled cab locks

- Heated and remotely adjustable cab mirrors

- Heat shields underneath between the exhaust pipes and the cab floors

- A surround speaker system in the coach

- Cab RV radio with controls on the steering wheel

- Two of the seven exterior storage cabinets go laterally across under the coach floor for storage of long items

- All exterior storage cabinets are carpet lined

- Crome wheel covers

- Mounted full spare tire, including some changing equipment for it

- Aluminum driver/passenger running boards

- Gravity locks on all cabinetry drawers

- Solid oak miter-jointed cabinet doors

- Digital furnace and air conditioning controls

- Multi-ducted heating and cooling

- Built-in fresh water filtration system

- Shower with ON/OFF control on the shower head

- Included curtains for blocking off the cab area, the rear bed, and the cabover bed

- Dual floor covering ... galley area vinyl, other areas carpet

- Separate enclosed cabinets for the 120V AC fuses and 12V DC fuses

Same MH, just different fabric and color scheme availability...don't make this too difficult...

They sell the identical units under different names to get around exclusive territorial rights a dealer has. Two dealers in an area supposed to have only one. Great for Winnebago; maybe not so for dealers.

From reading these forums down through the years regarding what folks do and don't have in/on their Class C rigs, I'm not sure that Itasca isn't a bit "higher end" than the standard Winnebago units .... or least maybe the Winnebago's Itasca line used to be.

For instance, my stock 2005 Itasca Class C came with such things (some of which might have been optional within Winnebago's namesake line) as:

- Heated tanks

- Outside shower

- Dual 12 volt batteries

- A built-in charging station including 4 FRS walkie-talkies

- An automatic electric coach step

- An outside entertainment center with radio, TV outlets, 120V/12V outlets and TV shelf ,,, including a separate antenna on the roof for the ET center radio

- Key fob controlled cab locks

- Heated and remotely adjustable cab mirrors

- Heat shields underneath between the exhaust pipes and the cab floors

- A surround speaker system in the coach

- Cab RV radio with controls on the steering wheel

- Two of the seven exterior storage cabinets go laterally across under the coach floor for storage of long items

- All exterior storage cabinets are carpet lined

- Crome wheel covers

- Mounted full spare tire, including some changing equipment for it

- Aluminum driver/passenger running boards

- Gravity locks on all cabinetry drawers

- Solid oak miter-jointed cabinet doors

- Digital furnace and air conditioning controls

- Multi-ducted heating and cooling

- Built-in fresh water filtration system

- Shower with ON/OFF control on the shower head

- Included curtains for blocking off the cab area, the rear bed, and the cabover bed

- Dual floor covering ... galley area vinyl, other areas carpet

- Separate enclosed cabinets for the 120V AC fuses and 12V DC fuses

Jim Shoe wrote:
Sounds like the biggest difference is spelling. :)

You get more letters with a Winnebago. I guess that's a difference.

Sounds like the biggest difference is spelling. :)