Recreational Vehicle Manufacturing Industry Competitors

Airstream is a state of mind ... the company's silver-bullet travel trailers have been streaming down the nation's ribbons of highways for more than 75 years and have become as common and well-loved in the culture of America as blue jeans and tees. Founder Wally Byam began the enterprise in the 1920s by selling plans for building trailers, which led to the design and launch of "The Clipper" in the early 1930s....

Autocruise hopes that history repeats itself and that Henry Ford's thoughts about the matter are just "bunk." The company makes luxury motor homes with names that denote the romance of travel -- Starblazer, Starburst, Stardream, Starfire, and Stargazer -- as well as camper vans called Tempo and Rhythm....

Over the river and through the woods with Forest River products you can go. The company makes recreational vehicles (RVs), cargo trailers, buses, boats, and modular homes. Forest River's RVs include fifth wheels, motor homes, tent campers, and travel trailers....

Jayco's motto could be "have trailer, will travel." The company sells its line of camping trailers, travel trailers, fifth-wheels, sport-utility trailers, and motor homes through a network of about 300 dealers in the US and Canada. Products are marketed under model names including Eagle, Greyhawk, Jay Feather, Jay Flight, and Octane....

How can you go on a road trip and still sleep in your own bed every night? Just ask Newmar. Newmar manufactures fifth-wheel trailers, Class A motor homes (gas- and diesel-powered), and diesel-powered motor coaches. Nameplates include Bay Star, Cypress, Dutch Star, Essex, Kountry Aire, Kountry Star, Mountain Aire, Torrey Pine, and Ventana....

If you want to backpack across Europe without all the backpacking bothers, try TRIGANO. The company is the leading French maker of caravans (what Americans know as RVs). The company makes a line of motorized caravans (motor homes) under brands including Autostar, Auto Trail, Challenger, and Chausson....

Coachmen Industries manufactures homes that travel and homes that stay put. The company makes motor homes, travel trailers, and camping trailers (including fifth-wheel models) under such brands as Coachmen, Sportscoach, Georgie Boy, and Viking. It also makes modular housing including single- and multi-family housing and apartments, as well as structures used in commercial or municipal applications....

Country Coach is no horse-and-buggy operation. Country Coach manufactures diesel-powered motor home models such as Affinity, Allure, Inspire, Intrigue, and Magna, as well as bus conversions under the Country Coach Prevost brand. The company's models range 34 to 45 feet in length and offer a variety of floorplans, including multiple slide-out options....

Fleetwood Enterprises gets revved up over recreational vehicles (RVs). The company is also a leading maker of manufactured housing. Fleetwood's RVs come in three types: motor homes (brands such as American Eagle, American Heritage, Discover, Southwind, and Tioga) and travel trailers (Mallard, Pioneer, Terry, and Wilderness)....

Fleetwood Folding Trailers has been keeping people from pitching a tent since 1967. The company makes than 20 varieties of folding trailers including Americana, Highlander, Evolution, and Element. The Scorpion model, in addition to a folding camper, features a built-in trailer that can carry as many as four all-terrain vehicles (ATVs)....

Don't blow a circuit, but Glendale International manufactures recreational vehicles (RVs) and has a stake in an electronics company. The company has a controlling interest in Firan Technology, a supplier of advanced-technology printed circuits for the aerospace and defense industries....

The Gulf Stream is a powerful current that runs up the Atlantic coast of the US, and Gulf Stream Coach makes powerful motor homes that run up and down highways to vacation spots all over the US. Gulf Stream sells 26 brands and more than 100 models of recreational vehicles....

Keystone RV Company wants to drive home a point: go RVing. The company, a subsidiary of Thor Industries, is a manufacturer of travel trailers and fifth wheels. Keystone has 22 brands, including Everest, Hobbi, Laredo, Outback, Sprinter, and Zeppelin....

Monaco Coach has the cure for wanderlust. The company makes 35 models of motor coaches and 30 towable RV models (fifth-wheels and travel trailers). Its motorized RVs are marketed under the Beaver, Holiday Rambler, Monaco, McKenzie, R-Vision, and Safari brands....

Rexhall Industries might not be the king of the recreational-vehicle industry, but the company does its best to make its customers feel like royalty. The company makes seven Class A motor home models: Aerbus, American BaseCamp, Clipper, RexAir, RoseAir, Sanscape, and Vision....

Kingsley Coach bridges the gap between commercial trucks and recreational vehicles by building RVs on stretched heavy-duty truck chassis. The company assembles its vehicles from components made by third parties. Models range from 34 feet to 45 feet in length; some include rear "garage" compartments for items such as motorcycles and snowmobiles....

The Vikings and their Norse gods might have laughed at the idea of bathrooms on wheels, but that doesn't slow down RV maker Thor Industries. The company makes a range of RVs, including motor homes and travel trailers. Brands include the well-known Airstream and Dutchmen lines....

Tiffin Motorhomes believes the family that stays together makes recreational vehicles together. The family-owned company manufactures a line of recreational vehicles that includes the Allegro, Allegro Bus, Phaeton, and Zephyr models. These vehicles range in length from 28 feet to 44 feet and can have amenities such as washers and dryers, garden tubs, and side-by-side refrigerators....

A pioneer in the world of recreational vehicles, Winnebago Industries makes products intended to encourage exploration. Nearly all of the company's sales come from its motor homes, which are sold by dealers throughout the US and Canada under the Winnebago and Itasca brands....