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stargirl96
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Jun 15, 2014

holiday rambler

We were looking at used class c's & came across a 2002 Holiday Rambler Atlantis. This brand isn't sold much in our state so I know very little about it. I think I heard that it used to be a high end brand. Any information and opinions about this manufacturer would be appreciated.
  • We have an '01 Atlantis and love it. They are great quality. Definitely worth looking at.
  • In 2002 the Monaco brand C's (Monaco, Safari, H-R) were being manufactured at the Holiday Rambler motorhome factory in Indiana, along with the A gassers. House construction was aluminum frame, rather than laminated walls, thus structurally different from, and more expensive than, most mass-production C's.

    More expensive construction means a higher original price, if that's what "high end" means.

    Framed and skinned construction, it is probably more repairable than laminated panels, after a minor collision, as sections of the walls can be rebuilt rather than needing to be replaced as a whole, when damage is too expensive for a patch.

    Much later, two or three years before Monaco folded, the Holiday Rambler plant was closed, and production of C's (and towables) in these brands was moved to the R-Vision plant, where construction was changed to the laminated panel construction used for R-Vision brands and more widely in the industry. Prices became more competitive with the change to lower cost construction. So later, maybe not "high end."
  • I may be wrong, but the last I knew they were the same as Monaco. Many of the same floor plans, etc.

    Ray
  • Holiday Rambler has been known over the years as a very good RV. I had a class A in the early 2000's and it was very well made and trouble free. I really don't know much about the later models, but out 2001 HR Class A was a good one. Good luck to you, and kudo's for doing your research.