What has happened to Winnebago Quality?

2gypsies wrote:

Effy wrote:

Until a few manufacturers come along with a viable product and are happier with good profits and a good product instead of "it's all about the money" and a cheap product, that won't change. As consumers we have very few choices in a manufacturer. And they all play the same numbers game with relatively the same build process using the same cheap components. We need new players in the game. But as long as consumer pay top dollar for crap, why on earth would they change? That would be idiotic from a financial perspective. Apparently negative news doesn't seem to curb consumer spending. So why should they change?

Newmar has been around a long time and builds quality units. They are highly recommended.

I'm not shopping for an argument but I've been in some newer Newmars recently, specifically the Bay Star line and frankly the famed Newmar quality escaped me. I could cite a list of what I saw but in short it was just like any other entry level from any other brand. Cheap and slapped together.