Month: March 2014

The RV/MH Hall of Fame’s annual Induction Dinner honoring the Class of 2014 will be Aug. 4 at the Hall of Fame’s Event Center in Elkhart, Ind. “Our 2014 Induction Dinner committee chairman, Mark Wasson (Bluelinx Corp.), has some exciting new ideas for this year’s program and I encourage all the friends of this year’s […]

Elkhart, Ind.-based ASA Electronics, an international manufacturer and supplier of RV audio and video electronics and appliances, announced the appointment of Jim Holtsberry as the senior ERP programmer and analyst. According to a press release, Holtsberry brings decades of experience to the ASA IT department. He initially started programming as a hobbyist in 1976, but […]

Speedway, Ind.-based Global Caravan Technologies Inc. (GCT), a luxury RV and specialty vehicle innovator, has released the first interior photos of its new CR-1 Carbon travel trailer. According to a news release, the CR-1 Carbon interior features a custom leather wrapped ceiling, with private jet-type leather soft-touch walls and residential furnishings that are at the […]

Dometic, a leading supplier to the recreational vehicle and marine industries, is partnering with Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA) to provide a complete line of RV and camping products at KOA campground locations across North America. “Our goal was to become more relevant to camping customers,” said Mark Minatel, vice president of after markets for […]

Lippert Components Inc. is breathing new life into the Goshen, Ind., facility vacated last year by Cequent Performance Products. As reported by the Elkhart Truth, Lippert is consolidating its “interiors” division, which makes mattresses and furniture for the RV industry, into the 366,000-square-foot building that Cequent vacated last year when the company moved local operations to […]

The midsize transit bus business is in a good zone right now, said Michael DeMarco, national sales manager for Ameritrans Bus of Elkhart, Ind. The South Bend Tribune reported that the manufacturer and distributor of small to midsize buses announced plans Friday to expand its operations in Elkhart, creating up to 35 new jobs by […]

Fun Town RV employees liken the Cleburne, Texas, dealership’s recent trajectory to a phoenix rising from the ashes, and they had plenty to celebrate on Wednesday (March 26). The Cleburne Times-Review reported that four years ago the dealership, then called FunTime RV, shut its doors and left 115 employees jobless. The dealership, at that time […]

"Historically, regulators have been somewhat passive when it came to new RV, car, and truck dealers, but that is no longer the case," said Stansbury. "In this webinar, hear some eye-opening examples of what other dealers have been fined for and learn what your dealership must have in place to protect your business and minimize risk."

(March 28, 2014) -- The proposed consent order prohibits Courtesy Auto from misrepresenting in any advertisement for the purchase, financing, or leasing of motor vehicles the cost of leasing a vehicle, the cost of purchasing a vehicle with financing, or any other material fact about the price, sale, financing, or leasing of a vehicle.

(March 28, 2014) -- One of the Northwest’s largest dealers of Airstream recreational vehicles has leased 43,078 square feet in a Wilsonville, Ore. industrial facility.