motorhome review

It seems safe to say that if any company can create a coach that offers as much luxury as is implied in the term “mansion on wheels,” it would be Newell Coach of Miami, Oklahoma. Newell builds custom coaches that epitomize luxury and range in price from $700,000 to more than $1 million.

In a spacious factory surrounded by cornfields that stretch for miles over the rolling hills of northeastern Missouri, Don and Carol Jenkins, owners of Superbus 1 LTD, C8623, have been making some of the finest motorhomes — “ultimate bus conversions,” Mr. Jenkins calls them — that money can buy.

Whether you enjoy following the NASCAR circuit, tailgating with your favorite football team, or carrying along a pair of all-terrain vehicles in your travels, the Fun Mover motorhome from Four Winds International could be a worthy companion. Even a pair of personal watercraft, with the proper “trolleys,” can be transported inside the Fun Mover, kept safe from curious eyes and fingers.

In terms of chassis and power train configurations, the Winnebago Vista represents a subtle departure from conventional type C motorhome design. On the other hand, its “house” portion incorporates the amenities, floor plan, and livability that are typically associated with type C motorhomes.

When designers at Born Free Motorcoach — a division of Dodgen Industries Inc. — began developing the company’s newest motorhome, they faced a specific task: how to combine the favorable attributes of type B and type C motorhomes into one recreation vehicle.

My wife, Saraine, and I recently were given the opportunity to test a Country Coach Lexa, and after our outing in this state-of-the-art motorhome, we decided that it could best be described as 42 feet of luxury on eight wheels. What a joy it was to travel and live in this exciting new addition to the Country Coach lineup.

In 2002 Monaco Coach Corporation designed the diesel-powered Cayman type A motorhome to bridge the price gap between gasoline-powered and diesel-powered coaches. Today, with a manufacturer’s base suggested retail price beginning at approximately $113,000 (for the 30-foot model), the Cayman makes stepping into the realm of diesel-pusher ownership a distinct possibility for many motorhome enthusiasts.

Bob Dylan's protest anthem of the 1960s, "The Times, They Are A-Changin'," was embraced by young listeners of that generation as a call to action. Fleetwood RV has endeavored to bring that mode of thinking to the RV world with its Nex-Gen ASV type A motorhome.

When we pulled into a campground on the first night of our test of the Grand Sport motorhome by Dynamax Corporation, we weren’t prepared for our new celebrity status. Other RVers came to see us simply to look and ask questions.

It was a Wednesday afternoon when the phone rang. The voice on the other end of the line said, “The coach will be ready for you on Friday.

Each year in North America, approximately 300 new custom coach conversions are built using Prevost, MCI, Neoplan, Dina, Setra, and other bus shells. These coach conversions typically sell for $600,000 to more than $1 million each.

In the ebb and flow of corporate America, eventually all companies must recalibrate how they do business. This is what has happened in recent months at Fleetwood Enterprises, which is involved not only in the RV industry but also in the manufactured housing business.

The new Xcursion from Xplorer Motor Homes of Brown City, Michigan, is striking in appearance, features, and performance. This type C coach attracted attention wherever we took it.