Navistar and Monaco Release New Coach Under Monaco Vesta/Holiday Rambler Trip Nameplates
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RV Business
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MotorHome, July 30, 2010
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The 2011 Vesta by Monaco RV LLC
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Monaco RV LLC and Navistar International Corp. brought RV dealers and the industry press together this week (July 28 and 29) for the first Monaco Dealer Congress since the Coburg, Ore., RV manufacturer was purchased last year by the nation’s largest truck maker.
With the senior managements of both companies in attendance Thursday at Navistar’s massive Melrose Park, Ill., Engine Plant, the two firms dramatically unveiled the first motorhome developed in a collaborative effort between the two – the 32- and -35-foot 2011 Monaco Vesta Class A.
The Vesta, which will also be marketed under the Holiday Rambler Trip nameplate, brings together Monaco’s motorized RV legacy and Navistar’s leading edge truck industry technology. The result is a sleek front-engine coach with a low center of gravity, air bag suspension and a tapered rear section.
The Vesta/Trip will be built on a proprietary Monaco Roadmaster chassis with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,000 pounds and equipped with a 260-hp MaxxForce 7 diesel engine that, according to Monaco, should get 15-18 mpg. A single-slide 32-footer, which will be built at Monaco’s Oregon facilities and is due out this fall, will retail for $195,000 to $200,000 with interiors featuring Ultraleather furniture and Corian countertops.
“It’s just the beginning of what you’re going to see between our two companies,” said Mike Snell, senior vice president of sales and product development for Monaco, calling it “the most aerodynamic, ergonomic, fuel efficient coach ever produced.”
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