American Made "European" Motorhome! Coachmen Euro RV!

okay so this is kind of exciting because when we look at class A when you think Class A Motorhomes you typically think Class A Motorhomes but what you're looking at in front of you is a very very interesting take on a Class A produced here in North America this is actually called the Euro and it's manufactured by the folks over at Coachmen I think what you're going to love about this thing is the innovativeness and the evolution of what you would typically see in North America as what you would consider to be a normal Class A and what they've been able to do here to integrate that whole European look hang tight I'll be right back thank you [Music] okay so first of all I'd like to welcome Mike so Mike is now what's your title I'm the general manager for the class a uh for Class A motorhomes for Coachman RV really so even this stuff too yes we're unique in the sense that we run all of our gas and diesels down the same line um so they get all the same love we might have to take a look at this Beast right here sure I'm liking what I'm seeing yeah all right so please kind of introduce this product to us and what the whole mindset was behind it and what it's all about kind of our mindset was something along these lines was that uh we wanted to bring to to the market something that you know like you said earlier when people think of class A's you know this is a foot shorter than a normal Class A it's about six inches narrower than a Class A but then it's built in North America this take is from um some from you some UK designs that we you know obviously were developed at got to develop here but uh from the very front of the unit to the back I mean this is a totally redesigned um front cap typically you will you'll see something along the these lines on a Mercedes chassis we're able to to do this on an f-53 Ford 178 inch wheelbase what's unique with this is that uh you can still tow 8 000 pounds okay so we kind of we're Standalone on our own with you know as far as that's okay and does this run the 7.3 literally yes absolutely you got the Godzilla engine under here it drives like nothing we've ever built before okay so the interesting thing is is you make some very large gas class A's that use the same power plant correct so I can imagine on something that's arguably more aerodynamic smaller that this thing is really I would I wouldn't want to say overpower but it probably is a little overpower even for the size of unit right yes and no um we love the power and the and the agility that it has but it also um when you're not taxing the engine as much a little bit better gas mileage so instead of you know the six to eight where you typically get you're gonna get eight to ten with something okay very nice let's kind of walk around and see what you have going on I love the blacked out wheels I love the the color and this is a full body paint it is right yes so on all of these is this only going to be offered in full body paint or where you have it as like a you know full body paint um and that's how we wanted to we had a very specific uh look in mind when we developed this thing okay um right down to the euro mirrors for a larger Class A uh typically you'll see these on a diesel pusher um yeah really really break the wind chill back to give you that uh you know that very aerodynamic look as well as the Creature Comforts of you know almost like driving an SUV yeah you were to sit in the driver's seat and here's another thing with this I think we hit a home run in my opinion is that women are going to love to drive this thing where you get into something along the traditional size the flat front end you're steering you know straight out instead of being able to stare down and that's where you that's what uh where you get the automotive feel when you're sitting in something like this yeah for sure I totally get it I love the European style Windows yeah we went to the Square Windows I can't wait to show you the inside because it's uh we did uh it's just a zero on and on the inside as it is let's head on in because I know that's what people are waiting to see another nice thing about this so before we walk in is that it's just the size of the thing so it's only 27 feet long you can get in all your National in your state parks uh it's just a it's a very user-friendly motorhome I love the fact that you have the legless awning up top as well box awning by Gerard beautiful and here's one thing we did not skimp on anything you know when when building this uh came to mind once I was probably about 16 months ago is when we really started um the traditional Class A Market is is it has shrunk and I got an idea that that market has shrunk but I instead of making them bigger and more features we wanted to create something smaller and more unique features yeah yeah well so and when you get something like this other things that people don't have to consider anymore are important for instance where are you going to store it right something like this you can feasibly store next year absolutely absolutely and if you do have an HOA this is going to be definitely an easier sell for the HOA then oh yeah and that's you know 37 38 feet long absolutely and what you've done in here that I really like and I had a chance to kind of walk through it is you've done exactly I think what you've tried to do and that's incorporate that that European absolutely and quite frankly the the US RV Market has been really really Legacy mindset in terms of Interiors absolutely and you've done just a great job of the overall look we wanted to actually create give you the Creature Comforts of an A B anesty in those classes I mean to a lagoon table where you can sit down these are these I actually have you know kick UPS here but you can sit there and use a table on both sides of this both of these chairs do swivel around to make a conversation area soft touch vinyl ceilings European cabinets this lighting's brand new to our industry and we have these on different zones so you don't have to have them on all the time that's nice what I what I've noticed up front too oftentimes when you get into a gas powered motorhome you skimp on technology up front you lose a lot of it but I'm seeing a pretty large display right and a half inch screen on that so yeah this is uh this is uh something again this was a concept piece we're prototyping it um we'll probably go into production maybe in six seven weeks okay but for me uh I want to take a lot of stuff home with me as far as you know like yourself or you know you know the Dealer's perspective hey what if you did this what if you did that we're going to compile all that information since this is our first one and if uh there's some we need to change or make better we're gonna do it the question that my viewers will ask and I'm just saying this because I know it's going to happen in the comment section um if this video goes viral then it's going to happen a lot um is it possible to make this on kind of um I don't want to say Super C chassis but on a diesel chassis where you can put like the six seven liter Power Stroke in here as a power plant option that's something we haven't even considered yet we uh probably not for us honestly we're gonna we're gonna stick with this segment right here because this is where we feel our diesel Market does really well for us because in our sports coach lineup uh we're bang for the buck we we bring to the markets uh a lot of product for uh entry level price okay so when we talk about uh the extras so does this have like an Onan generator on it as well or whatever this one well you're using NPA this one actually yeah okay this one actually does have the owner generator I'm sorry we're running dual errors on top which you don't typically see with a low profile GE air conditioners with little uh with soft starts so you're not going to have problem in any climate starting them up um yeah I just we really did our homework on this yeah let's kind of let's kind of walk around and see what it's all about I mean this is like I said these seats will flip around this is a believe it or not even with the the style how stylish it looks it still is a jackknife sofa okay for another sleeping position these are both belted okay so you can sit in these when you're going down the road typically you don't see that yeah again this is that Lagoon table which again know as you're walking in and out you just kind of get it out of your way yeah well if I integrated the LED lighting into the LED lighting and all of our countertops this is kind of a this is a first that I've seen in a class A as far as a hood vent yep induction cooktop as well right yes absolutely no that looks an extra microwave now the square windows again very appealing on the outside what makes them so functional for us in a class A is that you don't have the balance that chews up some of the window space or the legs and the biggest thing for me is when you're going down the road you don't want to hear all that rattling yes absolutely so trailers get away with that stuff and fifth wheels because they're not riding in it yep yep but we try to you know every time we you know basically just take one out and make sure that we don't get any of those rattles and that noise you know because that drives me nuts I can't even imagine owning one of these things and have that well and it's it's been needed in the US for a manufacturer to step up and create these windows here in the US because it's always been a European acrylic window absolutely and that lippert's now actually producing a window that competes directly against that is huge and that's why you're starting to see them more yourself on more coaches which is really really nice yeah I love the Cabinetry which you've done here yeah nice strut arms yeah to support it um like I said little things I think for a spice rack you will not find anything with more storage than this you know in this size unit nice pantry you know hanging storage on both sides these are all Positive Locking cabinets you press the button to lock it yep so they're not going to fly open on you down the road now there's a ton of storage in here we'll probably add some drawers there that's enough this is as simple as this is nobody typically has a trash can in there yeah um yeah that's that's played the RV industry in general yeah absolutely that's a silverware drawer exactly we have both so yeah I always tell people that it's not a functional kitchen if you don't have a drawer correct a nice TV in the bedroom as well king size bed um here's one thing that you just you don't see in this size unit 2 is the size of the bathroom yep very nice is that a macerating toilet it is all right they're your controls very nice now this is a beautiful bathroom again especially for this size of unit it feels like it's in a much larger unit and again that's stuff that you know we we have people's bears that sit down in there and make sure their legs can swing in and just the Creature Comforts of of of an of your house but in an RV yep does the end of the bed flip over when you put this off but yes it does flip over very nice folding mattress the the lit up Batten strips absolutely add so much appeal these are zoned so you don't have to have them on all you know on at the same time but it's dead definitely a cool look and uh we went to almost everything across the board with the honors so when can people start expecting to see these at dealerships we'll probably go into full production like I said we're going to take back uh some you know positive criticism uh take that back and uh you know six eight weeks probably we'll go into production well good deal it's exciting it's good to see units like this appearing in the urea Innovative yeah very very Innovative and it's kind of funny if anybody's watching this from the UK they're going like we've been doing this for a while so it's great to see it on this side of the pond no you know it's uh it's something we're very very proud of and I guess there's one thing too that I'll say is that it took all of us you know not only production but you know it took the sales team took myself it took you know engineering and uh you know purchasing you know everybody had some collect it was a collaboration of all of us to bring this thing to the market well that's awesome and it usually good things happen through teamwork and yeah you know you can definitely tell you've put a lot of thought into this product well very nice well Mike I definitely appreciate your time thank you so much for coming on the channel thanks for coming yep guys if you haven't had a chance please take a moment subscribe to the channel give me a thumbs up we'll talk to you again very soon thank you

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Published: Wed Oct 04 2023