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    Posted: 18 Mar 2016 at 8:40pm
Warren Buffet owns FR now IIRC. He can have a jet full of lawyers anywhere in the country within hours. I wonder who green lighted this inevitable fiasco at W, it's almost like someone wanted to punish their own company.
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I thought it was simply an overpriced R-Pod rebadged as Winnebago under license. Like when a Camry can actually be a Lexus, or a 4runner is the same thing as a GX460. Different companies but share the same platform.
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Originally posted by Retroactive

Winnebago has pulled their "drop" trailer from the company website, like it never existed, poof!


Still there when I go to winnebagoind.com. May have to do with different Domain Name Servers.
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Oh snap. It's possible! After the market crash, the Chinese bought up controlling interests in a quite a few large US companies.  I could see RVs doing quite well in China, based on what I saw in Shanghai, they could fit 3 generations of a family in an RP-171. Confused
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Originally posted by Retroactive

Winnebago has pulled their "drop" trailer from the company website, like it never existed, poof! The pics I have seen look like a blatant Rpod copy, right down to the paintjob.  The big W is about to get their ass handed to them by FR in court.

EDIT: It looks like all the local dealers in New England are treating the Winnedrop as "radioactive". In all 6 states, there is only one unit out there.  There are a few down at a dealer in PA.  It looks like the big W completely stopped shipping units.

Second Edit: After finding a brochure online, W really shot themselves in the foot.  They even use the identical model numbers.  They not only copy the floorplans of the 171 and 178 almost exactly, they had the sheer stupidity to used "1710" and "1780" respectively - this would be like Ford suddenly releasing a Z-280 edition of the Mustang. how are they going to defend that in court? This is the most blatant counterfeit I have ever seen in the USA, this sort of infringement is something I more expect to see in China.  If I was an executive at W, heads would already be rolling.
Maybe Winnebago is owned by China then it would all make sense.
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Winnebago has pulled their "drop" trailer from the company website, like it never existed, poof! The pics I have seen look like a blatant Rpod copy, right down to the paintjob.  The big W is about to get their ass handed to them by FR in court.

EDIT: It looks like all the local dealers in New England are treating the Winnedrop as "radioactive". In all 6 states, there is only one unit out there.  There are a few down at a dealer in PA.  It looks like the big W completely stopped shipping units.

Second Edit: After finding a brochure online, W really shot themselves in the foot.  They even use the identical model numbers.  They not only copy the floorplans of the 171 and 178 almost exactly, they had the sheer stupidity to used "1710" and "1780" respectively - this would be like Ford suddenly releasing a Z-280 edition of the Mustang. how are they going to defend that in court? This is the most blatant counterfeit I have ever seen in the USA, this sort of infringement is something I more expect to see in China.  If I was an executive at W, heads would already be rolling.
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Posts: 34 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Mar 2016 at 8:26am
Thanks. Good info.
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Thanks for the link but I can't open it.
You can copy and paste it.. or.. click this one..
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Thanks for the link but I can't open it.
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http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7219

Lots of info and a couple useful links in that thread..
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