Jayco’s annual dealer gathering in Denver, CO brought 425
people from 190 Dealers. There was a great line-up of 74 different Motorhomes
and Travel Trailers.
The Highlight of the show was the 2016 Jayco Melbourne. This
is the all new Mercedes Sprinter based class C Motorhome. Previously, the
Melbourne was built with an E450 cutaway chassis with a retail price around
$120,000. The new 2016 will be significantly lower at $97,780, Ball Park!
The Mercedes “Class B Plus” is a 3500 Chassis with an 11,030
lb. GVWR. It has a 170 inch wheel base and it comes with a V6 turbo 188 HP Fuel
injected Diesel. That’s 325 lbs. of torque.
Chuck Lasley, vice president of sales for the Jayco
commented “I haven’t heard one negative comment about it,” “It’s a winner,” it took just 12 weeks to
build the prototype.
Derald Bontrager, President and CEO of Jayco discussed with
RVBUSINESS.COM that business is good for Jayco as they anticipate shipping
around 45,000 units later this year.
News Source: RVBUSINESS.COM
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