RV News Brief | RV Industry Taps the Brakes on Production

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🗓️ 6 June 2022

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0:00.0	The RV industry is slowing down production.
0:02.4	Does that mean lower prices are on their way?
0:05.0	I'm Jason Epperson, and it's time for this week's RV
0:07.8	and camping news roundup.
0:09.4	A couple of weeks ago, I was watching a live stream
0:12.5	of an RV industry event where one major dealership
0:15.5	chain CEO spoke up about the current breakneck pace
0:19.1	of RV production as of late, encouraging the industry
0:22.1	to slow down and to focus on quality.
0:24.9	He said something to the effect of we dealers
0:27.1	are going to sell 450,000 units this year.
0:30.0	So let's not push to build 600,000 or 700,000 RVs.
0:34.4	In fact, last year, 600,000 RVs were built.
0:37.5	About 550,000 were sold.
0:40.0	And as of last fall, the RV industry association projected
0:43.7	another 600,000 to be built in 2022.
0:47.9	People have wondered about the quality of RVs coming out
0:50.6	of Elkhart, Indiana, with such a jump in production.
0:54.0	After all, the previous record here
0:55.6	had just 500,000 units built.
0:58.4	Combined that increase with labor shortages,
1:00.8	especially in Elkhart, and you may have a recipe
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