New RV sales just took a nose dive down 24% in a single month, but that's only part of the story.

Meanwhile, the RV industry just made a decision that will affect every new towable RV you can buy starting in mid-2027.

An outdoorsy, one of the biggest names in RV rentals is making a move into something you might not expect at all, plus a major

Ford recall where fuel prices are heading next and more.

I'm Jason Epperson, this is RV Miles, and it's time for the latest in RV and camping

news.

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for this episode. Let's jump right into the news. First up, according to statistical surveys, Inc.,

who track retail registrations of RVs,

new RV sales took a 24% dive in February, which I think is the biggest single month drop

in the time I've been covering this industry. Retail registrations are the actual number of

units sold and registered in state. So this isn't the number

of RVs produced by the manufacturers and shipped. Those are sort of the two main numbers we tracked.

This is actual sales on dealer lots. February is the most recent month available. It takes them a little

over a month to compile the numbers. And this is year over year. So

comparing this February to last February. And that's because it's a seasonal business. It doesn't

really make sense to compare this month with last month as sales always go up in the spring, of course.

Motorized RVs actually performed worse than the overall market, down 31.24% over last February,

and breaking it out even further, Class A motorhomes were down a whopping 44%.

One bright spot, though, Class B camper vans were actually up about 5.5%.

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