Month: November 2013

Jackson Center, Ohio-based Airstream Inc. will be showing for the first time its new Sprinter-based Interstate luxury touring coach during press days Nov. 21-22 as part of the Los Angeles Auto Show. According to a press release, the Interstate offers “nearly two dozen best-in-class Mercedes Benz features and a renewed commitment to safety and refined [...]

(Nov. 11, 2013) -- Amazon hires tens of thousands of seasonal workers for jobs at its U.S. fulfillment centers beginning in October. Hundreds of those workers travel to Fernley in recreational vehicles and stay at the Desert Rose or Fernley RV parks, reports Northern Nevada Business Weekly.

(Nov. 11, 2013) -- Play-Mor Trailers Inc. is recalling 241 model year 2006-2013 travel trailers equipped with Fastec-brand door locks. It may be possible to remove the key from the lock in a way that potentially jams the deadbolt.

(Nov. 11, 2013) -- The toolbox contains 11 sample pieces that represent the distinct advantages of Winnebago Industries, including exclusive vertical integration capabilities that enable the production of most of the parts used to create a motorhome to be manufactured in the company’s facilities to exacting standards, the company noted in a press release.

(Nov. 11, 2013) -- Carefree RV Resorts today announced that it will offer permanent 50 percent nightly discounts to active and veteran military servicemen and women and their families at 40 parks in Florida, Texas, New Jersey, North Carolina and California for another year.

(Nov. 11, 2013) -- The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that Winnebago Industries is looking at expanding into the former Cummins plant in Lake Mills, though the move is still in preliminary stages, according to a company spokeswoman.

(Nov. 11, 2013) -- KWTV reports that Habitat for Humanity has finished its first house for victims of the May tornadoes. Joel and Bettie Spears, of Bethel Acres, received the keys Saturday morning. Their original house was destroyed, and the couple has been living in campers ever since.

(Nov. 11, 2013) -- The Northampton County Sheriff's Department has released a sketch of a man deputies say is a person of interest in a sexual assault at Cherrystone Family Camping and RV Resort in Cheriton, reports WAVY.

(Nov. 11, 2013) -- The Volkswagen campervan has been disappearing for quite some times, writes the Winston-Salem Journal. But Matt Eastman, a senior at Elon University, says as long as he and like-minded aficionados have a say, their beloved “bus” will endure.

The ongoing confrontation between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and automotive retailers and lenders is heating up, with two events in Washington this week and a disclosure from Ally Financial Inc. last week that illustrates the growing tension. Automotive News reported that CFPB Director Richard Cordray likely will face some critics in the U.S. [...]