New Winnebago on Ford Tansit
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It fits in the size market that once belonged exclusively to the Sprinter here, under 24 feet and under 11,000 pounds, roughly. Class C motorhomes were once all in this weight class (with lengths up to about 29 feet without slides) until "super duty" van cutaways let them grow to 14,000 pounds.
I think we've still got a way to go, to catch up with what they've been doing in Europe, putting similar functionality for two people in "profile" models, and accommodating families of four with the overhead bed, yet keeping weight under 3500 KG and length at seven meters or less. It is not that our manufacturers can't do this, more that they are not convinced enough people here would buy it.
Closest we come today is the Trend/Viva which is 1500 pounds heavier than what gets built in Europe on the same chassis, to accommodate features we still think we can't do without, like a week's capacity on waste tanks, air conditioning, and an on-board power plant to run that A/C. Of course, if you are not really camping, A/C can be a necessity in North America, while in most of Northern Europe private residential spaces do not necessarily have mechanical cooling.
What I've seen so far on the T350 is a step back toward "bigger and heavier" like what got built on the E-350/G30 cutaway platforms at 5 1/2 - 6 tons GVWR.
I think we've still got a way to go, to catch up with what they've been doing in Europe, putting similar functionality for two people in "profile" models, and accommodating families of four with the overhead bed, yet keeping weight under 3500 KG and length at seven meters or less. It is not that our manufacturers can't do this, more that they are not convinced enough people here would buy it.
Closest we come today is the Trend/Viva which is 1500 pounds heavier than what gets built in Europe on the same chassis, to accommodate features we still think we can't do without, like a week's capacity on waste tanks, air conditioning, and an on-board power plant to run that A/C. Of course, if you are not really camping, A/C can be a necessity in North America, while in most of Northern Europe private residential spaces do not necessarily have mechanical cooling.
What I've seen so far on the T350 is a step back toward "bigger and heavier" like what got built on the E-350/G30 cutaway platforms at 5 1/2 - 6 tons GVWR.
