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RV production on a roll
Australian RV production reaches new high but it's been a slow start to 2016Recreational vehicle production remains strong in Australia, with 22,711 units built locally in 2015 – the highest recorded annual figure in two decades.
According to statistics released by the Caravan Industry Association of Australia, last year’s production figure eclipsed the previous high of 22,083 recorded in 2011. It's also 6.6 per cent more than in 2014, and equates to 94 recreational vehicles built per working day, according to the industry body.
All up, towable RVs accounted for 21,637 (or 95 per cent), compared to 1074 motorised units.
Demand for traditional, fixed roof caravans remains strong, with 12,278 (or 54 per cent) of overall towable RV production, followed by pop-top caravans (5029), camper trailers (3887) and tent trailers (426).
Justifying Jayco’s withdrawal from the fifth-wheel market, slide-on campers and fifth-wheel caravans accounted for just 17 units during the 12 month period – down from 48 in 2014.
It’s the first time in several years that motorised RV production has surpassed 1000 units. Possibly due to a number of factors such as Jayco ramping up its motorhome production and a new Australian-built Winnebago range, there were 102 motorised RVs alone built in December – up 36 per cent year-on-year.
More than half (565) of last year’s motorised RV production were C Class (Luton Peak, cab chassis based) motorhomes, followed by B Class (non-Luton Peak, cab chassis) motorhomes (357), and smaller, van-based campervans (144).
Just eight of the bigger, coach-style A Class motorhomes were built, down from 15 in 2014.
It’s the sixth year in a row that Australian RV production has cracked 20,000 units. However, it’s been a slow start to 2016, with just 822 towable RVs built in January, down from 1185 in January 2014,
Monthly motorhome production was also slightly down, year on year, from 49 to 46 units.
Caravan and camping remains one of the booming sectors of the Australian economy, with caravan and camping registrations up by five per cent in 2015, to more than 580,000. According to data released by Tourism Research Australia, Australians took 10.7 million overnight caravan and camping trips domestically in 2015,
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