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Could this be a Chinese Swagman class A? Chinese Launching U.S. Motorhome Line?
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In what could amount to a major breaking news story for the U.S. RV industry, China’s Yutong Bus Co. Ltd. has invited RV-industry suppliers to a ‘’special meeting” next Tuesday (Aug. 3) in Elkhart to discuss the ”planned introduction of a new series of Class A motorhomes.”
The invitation was e-mailed to suppliers by Bill Horvath, a veteran of the U.S. RV arena who is listed as product manager of Yutong’s motorhome division, part of a major bus manufacturer based in Zhengzhou, China.
The invitation notes that there will be an introduction of the company including a descriptive outline of the company’s products, a presentation on issues related to the international supply chain (payment, packaging, documentation, freight costs, timeline, etc.) and the importance of U.S. suppliers.
Private meetings will be scheduled for the remainder of the week, according to the invitation.
While there was no description of the new unit in the invitation, a four-page spec sheet termed the ”original wish list” was included. It noted that the unnamed fiberglass-and-aluminum motorhome will have 28- to 30-foot floorplans on 22,000-pound GVWR chassis equipped with 250/280-hp Cummins or Navistar diesel engines.
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bagman
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Amenities will include solid-surface countertops, leather sofas and swivel rockers.
Interestingly, retail customers apparently will be offered $500 Wal-Mart gift cards and a $1,000 discount on airfare to China for factory visits.
Efforts to reach Horvath were not successful. No MSRP was stated in the invitation.
The Yutong website (www.yutong.com) describes the company as a large-scale industrial group mainly specializing in buses but also involved in construction machinery, automotive parts and components and real estate that is one of China’s top 500 enterprises.
The company 3.6 million-square-foot Chinese factory has a daily capacity of over 170 unit buses, which makes Yutong ”the most technically advanced manufactur(er) of large and medium-sized buses around the world (becoming) China’s largest professional bus manufacturer with sales volume ranked second worldwide next to that of Mercedes-Benz,” according to the website.
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You can connect to Swagman at: www.swagman.com.au/ I was just there and there is a 28' & 31' model the RV2801 & RV3101 respectively and the two engines Swagman use are Cummins & Navistar. However, on the Swagman site, they discussed a partnership with Zhonstong Bus (Chinese Bus Mfgr.) Bagman.
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Oh great, now we will have Chinese RV's with Chinese tires on our roads.
Wonder if they will offer and Red and Yellow paint scheme using lead paint. 
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Doing more research, it appears that Zhongton Bus is making the Swagman class A motorhomes, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Yutong Bus Co. import will a copycat version of the Swagman. Bagman.
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Interesting, the entry door is on the driver side and appears rather small. Wonder if that's the European version.
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Got news for you, Chinese tires have been on our roads for a while and on RVs also.
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roachcoach wrote:Got news for you, Chinese tires have been on our roads for a while and on RVs also.
But not on mine.
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LVJ58 wrote:Interesting, the entry door is on the driver side and appears rather small. Wonder if that's the European version.
look at the picture a bit closer and you can see that it is not on the drivers side
this thing translates to $322,000 holy, moly
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They drive like the British, driver sits on the right
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