Tuesday, August 7, 2012

RV maker Monaco changing its name to Navistar RV

LISLE, Ill., Aug. 6, 2012 – Monaco RV, a manufacturer of motorized and towable recreational vehicles, today announced that it is changing its name to Navistar RV.

Monaco, Holiday Rambler and R-Vision brands will remain distinct and intact under the Navistar RV subsidiary of Navistar, Inc. “The integration of Navistar and Monaco RV has resulted in better products and higher efficiencies,” said Daniel Ustian, Navistar chairman, president and chief executive officer.

Navistar, Inc., producer of industry leading school buses, commercial trucks and defense vehicles, acquired Monaco RV in 2009. Monaco, Holiday Rambler and R-Vision have been part of the Navistar family of brands for the last three years. Since the acquisition, the company has streamlined operations and appointed a new executive management team. Navistar has also fully integrated the design, development, testing and validation of its RVs with the company’s commercial truck and bus product development organization.

The company maintains manufacturing operations for its R-Vision and Holiday Rambler towable units in Harrisburg, Ore., and Elkhart, Ind. The company’s Monaco and Holiday Rambler brand motorized RVs are produced in a fully integrated manufacturing facility located in Wakarusa, Ind., with powertrain, chassis and body assembly in one dedicated facility.

“Navistar brings more than 100 years of vehicle development and design experience to the Monaco, Holiday Rambler and R-Vision brands,” said William Osborne, president of Navistar RV. “With a foundation of Navistar’s business and design excellence, we’ll continue to produce some of the best recreational vehicles in the market.”

SOURCE: Navistar news release and RVtravel.com.


7 comments:

Judy said...

As a Monaco RV owner, you would think I would get some sort of notice about this rather than reading about it through an RV blog......

Anonymous said...

Hope Navistar's RV strategy is better than their engine strategy was, otherwise, look out for a big crash at Monaco.

Anonymous said...

Judy,
Neither have the employees been told...

Anonymous said...

R-Vision is crap, I will never buy or recommend them. And they do not repair under warranty, that is why my dealer doesn't sales them anymore

Anonymous said...

The only run-a-way diesel I ever had was in a Navistar DT466 school bus...

Anonymous said...

Good Luck, hope the name improves the service for the RV's

Anonymous said...

Hope Navistar does a better job of catering to the older model Monaco's. The past has shown me that they only listen and help newer model owners.