Coachmen Industries, Inc. Announces Retail Market Share Gains

ELKHART, Ind.--Coachmen Industries, Inc. today announced retail market share improvements for the first quarter of 2007. Retail registrations as reported by Statistical Surveys, Inc. improved in several product categories in the first quarter. Share of Class A diesel motorhomes increased 18.1% from a year earlier and Class C market share also increased 18.1% during the same period. In towables, the Company increased retail market share in both travel trailers and fifth-wheels by 6.3% and 3.8% respectively.

“We are excited to see the work we’ve put into redesigning our products bear fruit in the form of increased market share,” stated Michael R. Terlep, President of the Coachmen RV Group. “Our recent gains validate our strategy and vision to provide affordable RV’s with best-in-class quality, featuring innovative designs presented with ‘WOW’ in the entry to mid-level markets. We will continue that focus as we build on our market share momentum with the introduction of our new 2008 model-year products at our upcoming dealer seminar.”

Coachmen Industries, Inc., through its prominent industry subsidiaries, is one of America’s leading manufacturers of recreational vehicles, systems-built homes and commercial buildings. The Company's well-known RV brand names include COACHMEN^®, GEORGIE BOY^®, SPORTSCOACH^® and VIKING^®. Coachmen's ALL AMERICAN HOMES subsidiary is one of the nation’s largest producers of systems-built homes, and also a major builder of multi-family residential and commercial structures with its ALL AMERICAN BUILDING SYSTEMS^® products. Coachmen Industries, Inc. is a publicly held company with stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker COA.