Month: February 2016

(Feb. 8, 2016) -- Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is offering up to £1,500 off the price of a new vehicle for existing van owners in a bid to keep them with the German company. The offer comes as figures have been released showing the effects of the diesel scandal have caused VW-branded car sales to slump by 20%.

(Feb. 8, 2016) -- Lippert Components' slide-out system won two of the 15 categories of the European Innovation Award.

Feb. 8, 2016 TO: Forest River Dealers, Owners, Suppliers and Employees FROM: Pete Liegl SUBJECT: Letter of Appreciation On Jan. 29, Forest River Inc. celebrated its 20th anniversary. As I have reflected on this milestone anniversary, I am humbled by what we have collectively accomplished. When I founded Forest River, I had a vision of […]

(Feb. 8, 2016) -- Events unfolded Thursday morning when U.S. Marshals requested help locating Ronald Franklin Henderson who was a fugitive of justice out of Georgia. He was believed to be staying at Shady Acres Campground in Wilson County. When the officers arrived at the campground, they found the suspect staying with a woman in a stolen camper and truck.

(Feb. 8, 2016) -- The Forest Service is seeking public comments on a proposed project to make improvements in the Ranger Creek Campground and the Adelaide Trailhead in the Bighorn National Forest.

The following is an excerpt from a question-and-answer session by the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA). For the full Q&A on 12 topics, click here. We’d be hard-pressed to find anyone with a better overall view of outdoor recreation and the industry that it fuels than U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell. That’s why the […]

(Feb. 8, 2016) -- People like to play outside, but prefer to sleep in; they want to discover something new, but find themselves in after their affairs. It is the tension between these conflicting aspirations that explains the public interest for trailer and motor homes that are presented this weekend at the 29th RV Show at the convention center.

Bob and Beth Ryan were planning to retire when they sold Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort in Quarryville, Penn. in 2013. But having operated a campground as a family business for 25 years, the Ryans found they weren’t ready to sit still just yet, according to an announcement from Leisure Systems Inc., franchisor of Yogi […]

Chevrolet last year made its biggest market share gain in the full-size pickup segment in more than a decade, according to a report by Automotive News. But for 2016, big questions loom over one of the industry’s most lucrative categories. How will Ford respond with production finally at full throttle after lengthy plant changeovers for […]

(Feb. 8, 2016) -- “We are excited to provide this new service, opening up a world of RVing activities for families living in or visiting Massachusetts, the surrounding states and Canada," said Macdonald.