American Coach Revolution 38S

After a 3 year absence American Coach introduced a 38S single axle Revolution coach. Featuring a full wall, street side slide and two additional curb side slide-outs this coach has ample space. It is built on the latest Liberty Chassis, now provided by Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp (FCCC). It features a backbone structure and is electro-coated to virtually eliminate corrosion.  Interior features include highly polished tile floors, Villa Ultra leather furniture and a bath and a half.  The generator is on a powered slide, the residential refrigerator has 8 AGM batteries powering two pure sine wave inverters and Aqua-Hot heating system. The exterior features a slide mounted patio awning and flush mounted, flip out frameless windows. 

American Coach Revolution Frameless Windows 

American Coach Revolution Slide Out

American Coach Revolution 38S Shower

American Coach Revolution Floorplan and Features

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2012 Bounder Diesel Classic

Fleetwood introduces a Bounder Classic 36R Diesel. This front engine 36 foot diesel is said to be quieter than the gas coach with extensive sound insulation employed to really reduce the diesel sound. Air brakes and Air suspension makes this coach unique in an entry level diesel coach ($165,000 MSRP). This triple slide, bath and a half floor plan showcase the typical features expected in a Bounder. Ample basement storage and the ‘value for the money’ approach make this coach worth looking at. Even the logo is “retro” Bounder and is applied all around the coach exterior reminiscent.

2012 Bounder Diesel Classic 

2012 Bounder Diesel Classic Front engine Diesel 

2012 Bounder Diesel Classic - Slide outs

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What to expect today! (Wednesday November 30th)

We spent all day on Tuesday walking the huge RVIA show in Louisville Kentucky.  Overall there's been a real sense of optimism for the future of the RV industry.  Individual booth's are busy, and the big exhibitors, the RV manufacturer's, are showing great levels of innovation and quality products.

We had a variety of experiences from getting a personal tour of a coach with the president of Fleetwood, to spending time chatting with smaller vendors at their booths.  We saw everything from traditional RV's to a battery electric motorhome with the potential to travel up to 250 miles on one charge.

Along the same lines of innovation and efficiency, we saw a fuel cell system that can replace the traditional gasoline, or diesel powered generator in today's RV.  The fuel cell is an example of the green energy options that are available to RVers today!

We're still figuring out the best way to let our customers in to this industry only show, and on Wednesday, you can expect us to make a bunch of small blog postings about what we've seen.  If you have twitter, you're really going to be able to come with us.  Nobody is covering this show on twitter better than we are!  We'll be tweeting about what we see, but also retweeting what others have seen.  We'll include pictures, and links to anything newsworthy.  Our coverage of the first day of the show gives a great feel to what's going on, and how people are reacting to the show.

If you've got a twitter account, follow us @RVpartsPlus and if you don't, you can see our most recent tweets on the feed to the right of this post.

We're looking forward to a GREAT second day at the RVIA show in Louisville, Kentucky!  Check back often for updates, and feel free to contact Peter by clicking here, if you have anything that you want us to cover.  We'll do our best to get to your booth (if you're there) , or answer your questions (if you're not).

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What we expect to see at the Louisville RVIA Show.

Reliable sources indicate that Tiffin will introduce a “stretched version” of their 28 foot Breeze diesel  pusher, that will be 32 feet and have two slides. THOR will introduce 11 new floor plans in various coaches that they produce. Newmar will debut 3D TV to the RV market place in their top of the line Essex and King Aire coaches featuring Sony TV’s. Fleetwood will reintroduce a diesel Bounder, certainly to be popular among the thousands of Bounder owners who want diesel power and features and were shut out of the market for a couple of years. In addition there will be a number of new floor plans in the successful Tioga Ranger DSL and Tioga DSL coaches built on the popular Mercedes Benz chassis. 

Moving up in size the Storm and Southwind models get new floor plans and I am told that the Storm 33Q will have some innovative features. Of course the popular Discovery and Expedition will also see some updates as well. After an almost 3 year absence American Coach will re-introduce a non-tag-axle model luxury coach (HurrayJ) and the top of the line Heritage will introduce a floor plan featuring 460 square feet of interior living space. That is the size of a bachelor or studio apartment and it will definitely be the leader of the pack in space.  

Not to be left out Winnebago will feature many new and updated models. Spartan Chassis will be introducing an 25 foot Class C chassis with either gas or diesel power and air suspension designed for customers with mobility and health concerns. In addition a 32 foot diesel pusher chassis will feature a choice of the Navistar MF7 or Cummins ISP engines. Convenience and fuel efficiency are rising up the priority ladder by the looks of these offerings. Speaking of Navistar, after the successful launch of the Vesta and Trip last year there is much anticipation about the upcoming Dynasty and other offerings in the full sized, luxury featured coaches.  One can be certain, that the Navistar influence will be evident if in no other way than the new front end designs that lend a corporate similarity to all of their lineup.

I am sure there will be a flurry of innovative accessory products and we will be combing through them to see what we can offer the motorized RVer on our website in 2012. Speaking of our website, watch it over the next couple of months as we transition to a much more dynamic design. We are striving to offer many more products and very competitive prices. In addition there will be audio and video components that will help you understand more about the RVing lifestyle.

Check back each day next week as we bring you highlights from the RVIA National Trade Show.  

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Do You Have Louisville Show Questions?

The RVIA show in Louisville Kentucky is an industry only show, that is not open to the public.  We'll be at the show checking out all kinds of things to keep our customers in the loop, and let them know what to expect in 2012.  If there's something that you would like to see, click here to contact Peter and we'll see if we can find an answer for you.  Remember to keep coming back to our blog as we'll continually be updating these pages to keep you informed.

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We're At the RVIA Show in Louisville, KY

We’re off to the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) National Trade Show held in Louisville KY the first week after the US Thanksgiving. This 775,000 square foot show is designed to acquaint RV dealers, trade suppliers, parts and accessory dealers and campground owners with all that is new and updated in the RV Industry. It is a very well planned and executed show with lots of new and innovation products on display. The kickoff Outlook 2012 breakfast is shaping up to be a blockbuster with excellent presentations and introduction of the Go RVing 2012 ad campaign. We will receive updates on where the industry appears to be heading in these somewhat unsettling times. Press releases have been leaked out that indicate the show will feature the official launch or re-launch of some well-known products and many new floor plans and featured filled coaches. 

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Chevrolet HHR RVing FuseSwitch™ installation video

If you own a Chevy HHR, and you're interested in our RVing FuseSwitch™here is a video to show you the basics of installing our product in your vehicle.

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