Good points, Chance. I am a fidgety and unreasonably impatient newbie for sure! I will say the Jan 2013
RV Business piece mentioned, "HYMER plans a gradual rollout of towable and motorized U.S. products –
maybe two this year [2013] and two the next." That's what made me think their U.S. program had gone awry.
Procuring stateside the AL-KO chassis frames Hymer uses in their Ducato-based designs in Europe shouldn't be a problem since AL-KO also has plants in the U.S. (although AL-KO North America was
recently bought out by Dexter Axle).
Spartan also has plenty of experience of their own
fabricating low floor frames for cutaway cabs (and that's in a more demanding RWD application).
It is encouraging to scroll down
this page and see that Spartan now owns U.S. Trademarks for "Hymer Car," "Hymer North America," and "Grand Canyon"--hopeful signs this joint venture is still gestating.
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