
Tiffin Motorhomes had children and grandchildren in mind when its new "bunkhouse" floor plan took shape. Then along came NASCAR fans, football tailgaters plus hunting and fishing buddies.
Bunk beds are more attractive than hide-a-beds for many youngsters, but their parents and grandparents may have to arm-wrestle other adults for the 150 to 160 moderately-priced 35-foot Allegro QBAs Tiffin expects to produce during the 2008 model year.
With base prices beginning at about $110,000 and ranging upward depending on chassis and options, as the Allegro QBAs begin rolling off the production line, Tiffin is very optimistic about sales at its 78 dealerships throughout the U.S. and Canada.
"Like that kitchen where people migrate in a party, this floor plan also is going to attract a crowd at tailgating events, including football and motorsports," says Tiffin National Sales Manager Jerry Williamson.
An optional 32-inch LCD TV mounted within the midsection wall of the coach enables eight adults, comfortably seated, to watch the screen. The spacious quad-slide handles another half-dozen standing occupants. A tiled living room, galley and bathroom floor makes cleanup quick and easy.
The bunk beds are tucked across from the spacious bathroom with a 36-inch shower but with walls separating the 30-inch by 72-inch bunks from the master bedroom. Each bunk can have an optional pull-down 15-inch multimedia screen with wireless headphones for TV, video games or DVDs. With full use of the master quarters' queen bed, the bunks, the living area hide-a-bed sofa and dinette, the Allegro 35QBA comfortably sleeps seven.
A 30-inch entry door, previously offered only on higher-priced diesel pushers, makes easy work of carrying in supplies and other necessities for a camping, hunting, fishing or tailgating adventure.
Williamson predicts 90 percent of Allegro orders will have the optional full-body paint in Champagne, Silver Sand or Sunlit Sand, offered for the first year on the entry-level Allegro. The new Allegro also features upgraded plumbing fixtures, full slideout ball-bearing galley drawers, an automatic satellite dish as well as a satellite dish tripod and optional Air Coil hide-a-bed sofa sleeper and free-standing dinette.
"At dealerships, the Allegro 35QBA is going to jump out at many RV shoppers who just never did find that perfect fit before," Williamson says.
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