I'd bet that today, with these high numbers, that the majority are bought with cash. That would be a very healthy move as far a sustainable market goes.
That would be a bad bet. Credit for RV's is stupid easy now. We are back to no down payments...
I'd bet that today, with these high numbers, that the majority are bought with cash. That would be a very healthy move as far a sustainable market goes.
June 2015 Class B Shipment stats have been published on RVIA's site The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association: RVIA Main Site Home
Shipments are up 13.9% compared to last June. They are up 7.1% year to date.
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This is a nice bounce back from the dip last month :thumbup: We're at the halfway point in the stats for this year and 114 more Class B vans have shipped compared to same time frame last year.
shows how few class b's are actually sold. 114 for so far for the year-a small number in the total scheme of things
Just to clarify, that's 114 MORE than the same time time frame last year.
Using the June report:
1,709 vans shipped January through June. That's close to 7% of the motorhome market.
Class B: 7% of total motorhome market
Class A: 45% of total motorhome market
Class C: 48% of total motorhome market
The motorhome market itself is only 12% of the recreational vehicle market.
Class B's account for less than 1% of recreational vehicle market according to RVIA's June report.
Mark- i did realize it was more-but it is still a small relative number. if ford announced 114 more vehicles in a 6 month period would you get excited about that
I would if it was a 7% increase in total sales :mrgreen:
Any increase is a amplified for a small producer like B manufacturers, because of their high overhead per unit. The 7% increase could produce much more than a 7% increase in profits.
Year-over-year Class B motorhome retail registrations increased 19.1% in June and 24.1% for the first six months, according to the latest report from Statistical Surveys Inc. (SSI).
Thor/Airstream could probably do so just by coming out with a Promaster.Both the old school manufacturers Roadtrek and Pleasure-way lose, and the newer kids in the B business are climbing. If Roadtrek doesn't find a way to pick up some share, it could get interesting. They were very proud of the number one spot and had it a long time, so I am sure they not happy about it being gone. There is even danger they could slip to #3, if the trends continue.
What counts is profits and margins. For instance, Apple is mopping up Samsung's patootie in profits and margins by an overwhelming amount in cell phones, yet Samsung sells more units.