Month: July 2014

(July 23, 2014) -- "The results were even more impressive than expected. The ride was much smoother, the sway nearly eradicated, and the 'trampoline effect' was eliminated. An unexpected bonus was the motorhomes provided much stronger resistance to cross winds," said Neundorfer.

(July 23, 2014) -- Car audio supplier Rockford Fosgate is targeting sales to motorcycle manufacturers for the first time to complement its sales to makes of recreational vehicle.

(July 23, 2014) -- The employee parking areas for Forest River's new manufacturing facility at the Century Drive Industrial Park will be allowed to remain unpaved after the Goshen Board of Works and Safety voted Monday to allow the company to deviate from the city’s standards, the Goshen News reported.

(July 23, 2014) -- Goshen Board of Works and Safety members Monday voted to allow Forest River to deviate from the city’s standards by not paving the employee parking areas at the site with asphalt. Instead, Forest River will be allowed to use a gravel surface for the parking areas.

(July 23, 2014) -- CaravanTimes took a trip to Travelworld in Shropshire, England, where they discussed the new lightweight Hymer Exsis-i and Exsis-t.

(July 23, 2014) -- Two males were spotted attempting to steal a motorhome on Sunday evening while the owners were not home in Turlock, Calif.

(July 23, 2014) -- British manufacturer, Auto-Trail, is to launch a new range of coachbuilt motorhomes for 2015. They will be called Imala and will be made up of five layouts all of which will be built on the latest Fiat Ducato chassis.

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(July 23, 2014) -- A majority of consumers are using coupons when they shop, suggesting that coupon use, as well as other ways of obtaining price discounts, is firmly entrenched in the American consumer's mindset, said Gallup. Discounting has become so ubiquitous that it is possible that consumers will avoid retailers who do not discount.

(July 23, 2014) -- David Strait, of Strait Answers, and Kathy Parsons, of Credit Bureau Associates, will keynote the morning sessions at the CalARVC RV Park Fall Getaway Sept. 23 at Far Horizons 49er Village RV Resort in Plymouth, Calif.