Winnebago Motor Homes Earn Best Buy Ratings from Consumers Digest
17 May 2000
FOREST CITY, Iowa - Consumers Digest has recognized two of Winnebago
motor homes as being "Best Buys." The 2000 Winnebago Minnie(R) and 2000
Winnebago Adventurer(R) were both named in the Recreation Equipment Buying
Guide included in the May/June 2000 issue of Consumers Digest.
"In the past three years, we have totally redesigned our entire motor home
lineup -- with an emphasis on usability and home-like design," said Winnebago
Industries' Chairman of the Board, CEO and President Bruce Hertzke.
"Receiving this distinction proves that we are continually listening to our
customers in order to provide the best possible product at the best possible
price."
In order to achieve a "Best Buy" rating, Consumers Digest identified
products that offer outstanding value for the price, and merit special
attention from buyers.
Consumers Digest recognized the Winnebago Minnie as a "well-known and
respectable name in Class C motor homes," that "comes with multiple floorplans
and even offers a choice between a Ford or Chevrolet chassis."
In the Class A category, the user-friendly Winnebago Adventurer, the most
highly researched motor home in the Company's history, is "designed with
improved ergonomics for easier entry and exiting, easy-to-read instrumentation
and a more convenient location for switches and gauges."
According to Statistical Surveys, Inc., a retail reporting firm in Grand
Rapids, Mich., Winnebago Industries, Inc. was recognized as the top selling
Class C manufacturer in the United States, which includes the Minnie, for the
past two consecutive years. Winnebago Industries' Winnebago brand motor
homes, including the Winnebago Adventurer, were also awarded the top selling
Class A brand during calendars 1998 and 1999, outselling every other Class A
brand in the US. Statistical Surveys also reported that Winnebago Industries
experienced dynamic growth of 18.4 percent in Class A and C retail motor home
sales in calendar 1999.