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Originally Posted by TIMEMACHINE
I have seen threads regarding how many Airstreams have been produced from the beginning and speculation on how many are still rolling. I have also seen threads that talk about Airstream's corporate strategy. My question is: Does anybody know how many Airstreams are being produced this year (2007 model year) and what are the ratios of models and sizes?John
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hi john
short answer yes someone knows...
will we get that info...not likely...
if you own thor stock the annual report carries some of the airstream info, but it's buried deep and still doesn't answer your exact question.
i've posted this before but here it is again.
up 2 2002 a/s was producing 5-600 trailers yearly...
and 4 2006 this is expected to be 2100 units...
they have no desire to split out the models and give us data for every length, floor plan decor and so on...
many years past this info would have been hard to generate...
now it's 'proprietary'....sort of.
and i mean that in the terms original 'holy' meaning...
thor is a
3 billion dollar a year company....
a/s does 100 million of that....just a sliver of silver, if you will...
but the silver bullets are the halo brand for the company....
so the golden advertising is valuable way beyond the number of units produced...
and they keep us guessing
cheers
2air'
a visit to the factory and taking the tour gives a glimpse of production and ratios of what is on the line on a given day....
1-34, 2-5 classics, 4-8 bambis, 4-10 internationals, 20-30 safaris 'bvd' models...
don't forget, 75 limited edition 19s last year and the 50 quicksilvers 16s actually became 100 quicksilvers...