Month: June 2015

Capitol Hill Advocacy Day, one of the most popular events during Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) Committee Week, takes place today (June 3) in Washington, D.C., and judging by participation alone it’s shaping up to be an enormously successful event. Last year, 27 RVIA members and staff met with eight congressmen in about 70 meetings. […]

(June 3, 2015) -- While retirees account for the largest share of RV owners, increasing numbers of young people and families nowhere near their golden years are purchasing motorhomes.

(June 3, 2015) -- The June episode of American RVer show focuses on full-time RVing couples who have found a way to make a living on the road. Two different couples are featured, both of whom work from their RVs.

(June 3, 2015) -- Three distinct speaker zones, strategically placed in the living room, bedroom and outside, enable premium audio to be enjoyed throughout the RV and controlled through the jControl app, instantly creating a home theater-style environment.

ASA Electronics has launched Jensen’s flagship stereo, the JWM990, featuring full function app control for both Android and Apple iOS users via a free downloadable application called Jensen jControl. With theater styling and the broadest media support on the market, the JWM9A is “a premium theater system for discriminating RV brands,” the Elkhart, Ind.-based company stated in a […]

Elkhart, Ind.-based Lippert Components, Inc. (LCI) announced that it has organized a team dedicated specifically to the motorized RV market, naming Marty McManus director of sales and Craig Kreil head of engineering and research and development. “Motorhome manufacturers have always had distinct design, engineering and production requirements,” explained McManus in a press release. “To better meet these […]

Entegra Coach’s top-of-the-line model, Cornerstone, was recognized as the No. 1 selling 600-hp motorhome in 2014, according to Michigan-based Statistical Surveys Inc. Entegra Coach, since its founding five years ago, has “strived to continuously produce top selling products, and this ambition has been confirmed by recent sales numbers,” the Middlebury, Ind.-based company stated in a press release. […]

Automakers reported a strong sales pace in May, helped by a improved consumer confidence, lower unemployment and moderate gas prices that propelled sales of pickups and SUVs, according to a USA Today report. Autodata reported that sales improved 1.6% compared to the same month last year, the more significant figure was a seasonally adjusted sales […]

Bursting at the seams in its old location, Jamatt RV Sales, a full-service, towable dealership in Poteau, Okla., moved into a new 55,000-square-foot facility at the start of 2015. Although construction took a year, the move wasn’t nearly as long. The new 20-acre location is next door to its previous operation. The former location was […]

Jim Harrison, a campground operator who was widely known for promoting the use of Eco-Save environmentally friendly holding tank treament products, recently died in Louisiana as a result of respiratory failure, according to his wife, Jean. He was 86. “Jim was a visionary when it came to RV holding tank products,” said Debbie Sipe, executive […]