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RV Trailers And Motor Home Retail Sales for the First 9 Months of 2000

7 December 2000

Statistical Surveys, Inc. Releases RV Trailers And Motor Home Retail Sales for the First 9 Months of 2000

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 6 Statistical Surveys, Inc.
released RV Trailer and Motor Home retail units sales data and rankings for
January - September 2000.  Thomas Walworth, President and CEO, announced that
the RV Trailer industry retailed 183,094 units, which represented a 3.9%
increase from January - September 1999.  The Motor Home industry retailed
45,425 units, which represented a decline of 5.5% for the January - September
2000 period.  The Recreational Vehicle Trailer market represented the best
nine-month retail results in the last twenty years.  The Motor Home Industry
market represents the fourth best nine-month market in the last twenty years.
The Recreational Vehicle retail market has performed very well during the
January - September 2000 period.
    The Top 10 Companies are ranked for the nine months of 2000.

                                 RV TRAILERS
                                                 Market
    Rank      Company                            Share

    1.        Fleetwood Enterprises  "FLE"       24.0%
    2.        Thor Industries Inc. "THO"         11.5%
    3.        Forest River Inc. "Private"        11.4%
    4.        Jayco Inc.  "Private"                9.3%
    5.        Coachmen Ind.  "COA"                6.9%
    6.        Keystone RV  "Private"              6.4%
    7.        Skyline Corp. "SKY"                 4.0%
    8.        Starcraft RV Inc. "Private"         3.3%
    9.        Rvision  "Private"                  2.7%
   10.        K-Z Inc. "Private"                  2.3%


                                 MOTOR HOMES
                                                 Market
    Rank      Company                            Share

    1.        Fleetwood Enterprises "FLE"        21.7%
    2.        Winnebago Ind. Inc. "WGO"           17.2%
    3.        Coachmen Ind. Inc.  "COA"           11.6%
    4.        Monaco Coach Inc.  "MNC"           10.1%
    5.        Thor Industries  "THO"              8.8%
    6.        National RV  "NVH"                  5.2%
    7.        Gulfstream Coach  "Private"         4.3%
    8.        Newmar Corp.  "Private"             4.2%
    9.        Damon Corp.  "Private"              3.5%
   10.        Tiffin Motor Home  "Private"        2.7%