Results for the RV Industry Association’s (RVIA) September 2023 survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments from factories ended the month with 24,700 units, a decrease of 12.9% compared to the 28,363 units shipped in September 2022. To date this year, RV shipments are down 42.8% with a total of 238,121 units.
Towable RVs, led by conventional travel trailers, ended the month down 7.6% from last September with 21,385 shipments. Motorhomes finished the month down dramatically at 36.6% compared to the same month last year with a total of only 3,315 units.
Park model RVs, a small part of the industry, finished September down 13.7% compared to the same month last year, with a total of 334 wholesale shipments.
Shipments for all but park models have declined for every month so far in 2023.
Last month’s shipments were off 16.9%. Here are the details as we reported last month.
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Heard from from a salesman at Hershey and looking around I could believe it. Expect manufacturing of new standard Class C’s (gas powered) to drop dramatically this year. Ford chassis had almost become the standard for Class C gas powered. They have discontinued the Econoline vans and phasing out the E series chassis. Those few still made are used for ambulances. They have priority. Ford just started to make Transit chassis. I saw few based on Transit 350 chassis. Ford is not making the 450 yet or has just barely started.
There are a lot of redesigns required. This was before the strike which should make things worse.
And in the midst of this, Grand Design wants to start making motorhomes. Bad idea, I think. Plus, who wants to be the first to buy a brand new offering with no history behind it?
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Thank you, RV Travel! I suppose that the year-to-date decline in class A sales is well in excess of 50 percent; true?