Used Roadtrek Motor Homes News for 11/30/2007



DETROIT: Man admits to aiding group on terror list (Detroit Free Press)
A former Ford Motor Co. engineer pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to smuggle high-tech equipment to a Lebanese group the U.S. government calls a terrorist organization...

Former GM Chairman, CEO Roger Smith dies (AP via Yahoo! News)
Roger B. Smith, who led General Motors Corp. in the 1980s and was the subject of Michael Moore's searing documentary "Roger & Me," has died, the automaker said Friday. He was 82...

Demand for RVs suggests a recession (International Herald Tribune)
For the past three decades, deliveries of motor homes and travel trailers have dropped before each decline in the U.S. economy, giving the $15 billion industry a reputation as a bellwether...

Xcorps Action Sports TV #29.) SPEED seg.2
The show wraps with show host Rat Sult on the track with an un-authorized race of his own driving in the motor home class! See his full sized rig roll against a vintage South Wind coach at floor pedal speed! High octane smiles here for ...

Discover The Real New Zealand In Total Style - Scoop.co.nz

Discover The Real New Zealand In Total Style
Scoop.co.nz, New Zealand - Nov 28, 2007
The partner is Native Parks, a company that has developed a nationwide network of businesses and properties available for motorhomes known as Motorhome .
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Spending Campaign Cash: State Representative Brown.
State Representative Fred Brown (R-Bryan) has found a great way to pay for his motor home using his donors campaign contributions. Brown seems to be an avid motor home enthusiast and was the former owner of a Prevost as well as a former ...

Ex-GM chairman Roger Smith dies (CNN Money)
Roger Smith, who led General Motors through a turbulent period of change and plant closings and became famous to a broader cross-section of Americans through Michael Moore's documentary "Roger and Me," has died, the automaker said Friday...

Ford is the preferred platform for motor home builders
Motor home builders such as Winnebago, Fleetwood, Thor and Four Winds all prefer the Ford motor home chassis upon which to build their mobile mansions. Ford offers six different chassis, right up to the just introduced F53 Super Duty ...

Motor homes an emissions mission - Stuff.co.nz

Motor homes an emissions mission
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Nov 12, 2007
The tourism company has bought 370 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter motor homes to be customised for the New Zealand market. It has lined up its existing 1500-vehicle .
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Motor Home: 2008 Holiday Rambler Scepter Costs $282000
With a unique appeal of its own, the 2008 Holiday Rambler Scepter Class A Motor home is a perfect combination of beauty and erudition. Radiating an astute outer walls and impressive internal color options, the 2008 Scepter offers a ...

Top Gear motor home race turns into derby mayhem
The boys at Top Gear invent a new sport, motor home racing...

Fleetwood Receives Quality Circle Award From RVDA for Overall . - CNNMoney.com

Fleetwood Receives Quality Circle Award From RVDA for Overall .
CNNMoney.com - Nov 29, 2007
Fleetwood motor homes and folding trailers scored in the top 20 percent of the towable and motor home manufacturers rated in the 2007 DSI. .
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Fleetwood Launches 2009 American Allegiance Luxury Diesel Motor . - CNNMoney.com

Fleetwood Launches 2009 American Allegiance Luxury Diesel Motor .
CNNMoney.com - Nov 27, 2007
Fleetwood's recreational vehicle line includes motor homes, travel trailers, fifth wheels and folding trailers. Fleetwood RV products are distributed .
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RV sales outlook signals slowdown
Winnebago led motor-home sales declines through the first nine months with a 7.1 percent drop, including a 20 percent plunge for September, according to Statistical Surveys. EURI can tell you that we have seen this type of industry swing ...

Demand for rvs suggests a recession - International Herald Tribune

Telegraph.co.uk

Demand for rvs suggests a recession
International Herald Tribune, France - Nov 28, 2007
For the past three decades, deliveries of motor homes and travel trailers have dropped before each decline in the US economy, giving the $15 billion .
Rough ride ahead as Winnebago in downturn Telegraph.co.uk
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Ford goes fishin' with new motor home chassis
For those not mired in the inner workings of the recreational vehicle industry like myself, this is a big deal as Ford supplies 69% of all gas-powered Class A motor home chassis in the country and 34% of the entire Class A market when ...

Recession Signs Grow as Winnebago Leads US RV Drop (Update2) - Bloomberg

Recession Signs Grow as Winnebago Leads US RV Drop (Update2)
Bloomberg - Nov 27, 2007
For the past three decades, deliveries of motor homes and travel trailers have dropped before each decline in the US economy, giving the $15 billion .
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Fuel prices, sales inspire Winnebago's smaller RV - DesMoinesRegister.com

Radio Iowa

Fuel prices, sales inspire Winnebago's smaller RV
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - Nov 28, 2007
Industry watchers say combined sales of RV motor homes and travel trailers could fall in 2007 for the first time in six years, a sign that the US economy .
Winnebago to introduce smaller motor home Radio Iowa
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Investigators seek thieves in motor home break-ins - Longmont Daily Times-Call

Investigators seek thieves in motor home break-ins
Longmont Daily Times-Call, CO - 5 hours ago
. and broke into six of the larger motor homes and stole electronics, including entertainment systems and flat-screen televisions, worth about $125000. .
Sheriff's office investigates mobile home break-ins Greeley Tribune
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Court Revives FEMA Trailer Fine Case - Forbes

Court Revives FEMA Trailer Fine Case
Forbes, NY - Nov 29, 2007
Gary Smith, D-Norco, obtained a license in January 2005 to sell new and used motorcycles, and used motor homes and travel trailers. On Sept. 9 and Sept. .
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Fuel sipper (Detroit News)
Winnebago Industries, the largest American maker of motor homes, is introducing the 2009 ERA model that CEO Bruce Hertzke claims can get as much as 22 miles to a gallon as the industry confronts a likely first sales decline in six years. The largest motor homes get about 8 mpg, according to industry data...

Ex-GM chairman Roger Smith dies - CNNMoney.com

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Ex-GM chairman Roger Smith dies
CNNMoney.com - 6 hours ago
Smith often faced questions about the documentary, which contained interviews of people who said they lost their homes after GM plant closures in Flint. .
Former GM CEO Roger Smith Dies at 82 The Associated Press
Former GM CEO Roger Smith dies at 82 BusinessWeek
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News - Britons cut short Egypt holidays
The Motor home insurance of British Travel Agents (ABTA) says people due to fly to the resort will be allowed to rearrange it free of charge or get a refund. But Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has declined to advise against travel to ...

Sheriff's office investigates mobile home break-ins (Greeley Tribune)
Thieves cut through a chain link fence, broke into six motor homes and stole flat screen televisions Tuesday night, according to the Weld County Sheriff's Office...

Fleetwood Receives Quality Circle Award From RVDA for Overall Dealer Satisfaction for Motor Home and Folding Trailer . (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Fleetwood Enterprises' RV Group, a leading producer of recreational vehicles, today announced the recognition of its motor home and folding trailer brands by the Recreational Vehicle Dealer Association for overall dealer satisfaction...

Motor Home Guide to Idaho Outdoors
submitted by Tyrell Nguyen. Idaho is the EURGem State,EUR and motor home enthusiasts love it. What makes Idaho so wonderful? It has some of the best unspoiled natural beauty in the United States. It can also boast that itsEUR click here to read...

Bomb squad investigates rural Contra Costa motor home
Walnut Creek Police Department's bomb squad has arrived today at 60 Broadway in the unincorporated town of Knightsen in east Contra Costa County to investigate a possible explosive device found in a motor home, sheriff spokesman Jimmy ...

Court Revives FEMA Trailer Fine Case (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A south Louisiana motorcycle and motor home dealer is again facing $46,000 in fines for selling new travel trailers to a government agency without a proper license in the weeks following Hurricane Katrina...

Former GM CEO Roger Smith dies at 82 (AP via Yahoo! News)
He's best remembered as the target of the caustic Michael Moore film "Roger & Me," but to those who knew him, Roger B. Smith was a leader who helped prepare General Motors Corp. for the fierce global competition it now faces...

Smith: Students' letters impacted decision to keep speedway (Independent Tribune)
KANNAPOLIS - Kannapolis City Schools' system-wide efforts to improve state writing scores have produced unintended results, such as helping persuade Bruton Smith, CEO of Speedway Motorsports, to keep Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord. Smith had considered leaving town last month after Concord City Council initially shot down his attempts to build a $60 million drag strip within earshot of homes. ...



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