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Originally Posted by wredman
still a relatively small player, but the class B is certainly growing in the past few years.
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This time period of fast growth happens to coincide with introduction of RAM ProMaster van platform in US that is more affordable than the Mercedes Sprinter, which was the only large Euro van in US before that as far as I know. A lower-cost option may have helped fuel the fast growth rate. Winnebago and Hymer, Class B leaders, now manufacture on that van platform in addition to Sprinter.
A video of the Sprinter redesign for 2018 shows what looks to me like a FWD van being tested (or could be electric). Maybe Mercedes is going to compete with Ford and Fiat with a FWD van. In many ways FWD vans make better camper conversions. And it's another way to improve fuel economy and handling.
Note in picture below that a standard RWD axle is missing. I'd bet it's either FWD or Electric drive.
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