RV Business

Ford will be quite busy at this year’s SEMA Show, bringing no less than 57 custom concepts. Quite surprisingly, 10 of these will be based on the all-new 2014 Ford Transit Connect van. Under the tagline “Vandemonium”, the exhibition dedicated to Transit Connect tuning will include customized van and wagon models. Carscoops reported that aftermarket [...]

Today’s video comes from English-based Out and About Live offering an overview of the 2013 Caravan Salon held Aug. 31-Sept. 9 in Düsseldorf , Germany. To view the video click here or scroll down the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page.

The Michigan Association of Recreational Vehicles and Campgrounds (MARVAC)  will be holding a special industry meeting on Tuesday (Oct. 29) to discuss a new financing proposal. According to a letter sent to MARVAC members, “the board is seriously considering establishing a for-profit corporation dealing with all segments of financing in our industry. This special meeting is [...]

RV wholesale shipments to retailers remained strong in September, rising 18.6% above this same month last year to 22,498 units in the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA) monthly survey of manufacturers. This was the best September total for RV shipments in six years, with solid growth in towables as well as motorhomes. On a seasonally [...]

They range from the smallest single-unit campers priced at $20,000 to the most elegant, high-tech motorhomes that can approach seven figures. As reported by the Florida Times-Union, recreation vehicles of all sizes, shapes and price ranges are back in Jacksonville this week. They’re all squeezed into RV City, where for five days and four nights, [...]

Auto sales are on pace to increase at least 12% this month from a year ago, according to four analyst forecasts released today (Oct. 25), as the industry regains momentum lost during a weak September and a 16-day government shutdown. Automotive News reported that analysts from LMC Automotive, Kelley Blue Book and Barclays Capital each [...]

Editor’s Note: The following is a column by Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) President Phil Ingrassia appearing in the latest issue of RV Executive Today looking at the industry’s October surge in recent years and Go RVing’s efforts to keep pace with the “year-round sales cycle.” It wasn’t so long ago that the conventional wisdom [...]

U.S. consumer sentiment dropped in October to its lowest level since the end of last year as consumers worried congressional dysfunction and the resulting partial shutdown of the federal government would hurt growth, a survey released on Friday (Oct. 25) showed. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan’s final reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment [...]

Industry supplier Genesis Products Inc. CEO Jon Wenger announced today (Oct. 25) that Jon Helmuth has “transitioned away from his role as president, according to a press release. “I have assumed the title of president and CEO with all of its responsibilities,” said Wenger. “Jon has moved into a support role for the company and [...]

A province-wide recall in Brisith Columbia has been issued for any owners or occupants of mobile homes built by Riske Creek Manufacturing, and its principle Andy Tower. The British Columbia Safety Authority issued the recall after finding some homes built by the Salmon Arm company don’t comply with gas or electrical certification standards and may [...]