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New
rear
engine
diesel
chassis
company
Monaco
announce
deal
with
International
Truck
&
Engine
now
completed
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COBURG,
Ore.,
March
2007 -
Monaco
Coach
Corporation
(NYSE:
MNC),
one of
the
nation's
leading
manufacturers
of
recreational
vehicles,
announced
it has
closed
the
joint
venture
with
International
Truck
and
Engine
Corporation
to
manufacture
rear
engine
diesel
chassis.
"We
are
pleased
the
transaction
proceeded
and
closed
as
anticipated,"
said
Kay
Toolson,
Chairman
and
CEO of
Monaco
Coach
Corporation.
"The
joint
venture,
which
is a
tremendous
opportunity
for
our
Company,
will
begin
producing
diesel
chassis
immediately.
By
manufacturing
through
the
joint
venture,
Monaco
expects
to
realize
several
cost-saving
features
and
economies
of
scale
in
production,
engineering,
purchasing,
and
design
and
development.
The
opportunity
to
team
up
with
the
resources
of a
company
like
International
Truck
and
Engine
Corporation
will
help
us
grow
the
development
of our
best-in-class
Roadmaster
chassis."
International
Truck
and
Engine
Corporation
is the
principal
operating
company
of
Navistar
International
Corporation
(OTC:
NAVZ).
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Eric
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Actaully, the UFO Chassis is unique and does not compete with Roadmaster. Workhorse and Roadmaster make different products than each other, and only one model class (medium diesel pusher) competes. It gives Monaco and International an alliance that improves both groups with design and purchasing power.
jay
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They're not building the ufo chasis at the elkhart plant. They're only building monaco chasis for monaco and workhorse units there not making anything else.
Earl
:
It looks like a shrewd move and win-win situation for International, and their customers will determine if the different offerings meet their needs or not, and are a quality product or not.
Roger
:
Even though they are owned more or less by the same people, there will still be competition, maybe more. The owners can just as easily close one unprofitable division and keep the strongest. It's a good deal for the customers.
Brandon Drexler
:
I think it shows how much competition Roadmaster has with the new Workhorse UFO. They're going to build these new chassis in the Roadmaster plant in Elkhart. But Roadmaster also has a factory in Oregon, so I guess this will continue but that the new company will be the main RV chassis builder. I think it really shows how strong Workhorse is now. Their parent company, International, has now got 51% of the new company and more or less got rid of Roadmaster as a competitor. Cool.
Tony Kaye
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I'm not sure what this means. Is this supposed to compete with the new Workhorse UFO chassis? But workhorse is owned by International? And the UFO allows gas engines at the rear but this specifically says diesel chassis.??
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