MIDDLEBURY, Ind. — The all-new 2007 Wyoming™ fifth wheel from Coachmen Recreational Vehicle Company, LLC sparkles with high-end comforts. This is an RV designed to provide more features and rich benefits than any other fifth wheel in its price range.

Wyoming is aimed at the full profile, mid-priced laminated fifth wheel market and is a delightful product for first-time buyers and experienced RVers looking to upgrade. Three-quarter and one-ton pickup trucks are ideal tow vehicles for the Wyoming.

“You’ll realize this is a very special RV at first glance, inside and out,” said Dan Gill, product manager for Coachmen’s fifth wheel line. “The exterior design features an all new fiberglass front cap, imported high-gloss sidewalls and an industry-first digitized Wyoming graphic. The interior absolutely wows you as soon as you walk in, featuring upscale residential cabinetry and appointments throughout. This is a fifth wheel that will attract a lot of attention from smart, value-driven RV buyers."

Wyoming comes in four all new triple-slide floorplans, each with the unique Turn-Rite™ front cap. This cap is notched on the sides, allowing up to a 90-degree turning radius even with a shortbed pickup.

This fifth wheel sports 16-inch tires with E-Z Lube® axles. Tank capacities are enormous — 60 gallons fresh water, 80 gallons grey water and 40 gallons waste water. The pass-through exterior storage is also huge with up to 92 cubic feet of capacity. The underbelly and gate valves are fully enclosed and heating, making Wyoming an ideal RV for multi-season camping.

Inside, Wyoming has upscale residential appointments that will spoil RVers wherever their travels take them. Decorative wood accents, crown molding in the kitchen area and oil-rubbed bronze hardware and fixtures highlight the upscale cabinetry throughout the coach. There are two cabinetry selections — Legacy Glazed Birch and Brazilian Cherry. Optional decor patterns wonderfully compliment the interior of this RV.

Wyoming also sports an industry leading 80-inch residential sofa/hide-a-bed that folds out to a true queen sized bed. A designer entertainment center features leaded glass doors, a home theater system and an optional 27-inch television and fireplace.

Step from the kitchen to the upper deck through the generous 26-inch wide passage way (compared to the 22-inch industry standard) into Wyoming’s innovative bathroom and bedroom. His and hers dual lavatories are on either side of the room and the large radius shower has a marble style tub surround. A residential style vanity mirror and lav base completes the package. This is luxury living.

In the bedroom, nightstands with power outlets are located on either side of the standard residential size queen bed. A king bed is an available option. Across from the bed, is an innovative padded sitting bench under the oversized window. A residential styled dresser and huge wardrobe closet provide plenty of room for your apparel.

“Wyoming is designed to be the most value driven coach at its price point,” said Gill. Wyoming’s base MSRP starts at $43,200. Value, yes. Luxury, certainly.

Coachmen Industries, Inc., through its prominent industry subsidiaries, is one of America’s leading manufacturers of recreational vehicles, systems-built homes and commercial buildings. The Company’s well-known RV brand names include COACHMEN, GEORGIE BOY™, SPORTSCOACH and VIKING. Coachmen’s ALL AMERICAN HOMES® subsidiary is one of the nation’s largest producers of systems-built homes, and also a major builder of multi-family residential and commercial structures with its ALL AMERICAN BUILDING SYSTEMS™ products. Coachmen Industries, Inc. is a publicly held company with stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker COA.

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which are inherently uncertain. Actual results may differ materially from that projected or suggested due to certain risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the potential fluctuations in the Company’s operating results, the availability for floorplan financing for the Company’s recreational vehicle dealers and corresponding availability of cash to Company, rapidly increasing costs of product components and raw materials that may not be able to be passed through to buyers, uncertainties and timing with respect to sales resulting from recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast, uncertainties regarding the impact on sales of the disclosed restructuring steps in both the recreational vehicle and housing and building segments, the ability to sell and close the operations for sale as described, the accuracy of the estimates of the costs to remedy the disclosed recreational vehicle warranty issues, the availability and the price of gasoline, price volatility of raw materials used in production, the Company’s dependence on chassis and other suppliers, interest rates, the availability and cost of real estate for residential housing, the ability of the Housing and Building segment to perform in new market segments where it has limited experience, adverse weather conditions affecting home deliveries, competition, government regulations, legislation governing the relationships of the Company with its recreational vehicle dealers, consolidation of distribution channels in the recreational vehicle industry, consumer confidence, uncertainties of matters in litigation, further developments in the war on terrorism and related international crises, oil supplies, and other risks identified in the Company’s SEC filings.

Baseball Great and Yankees Broadcaster Jim Kaat Loves to Travel in his RV

RESTON, Va. (September 22, 2006) — Jim Kaat has devoted the past 50 years to major league baseball, first as an All-Star pitcher, and now as a broadcaster for the New York Yankees. He also has another passion: traveling in his state-of-the-art recreation vehicle.

The former king of the hill is now the king of the road. “I’ve gone from being a major league pitcher to a major league RV owner,” says Kaat. “I’ll travel roughly 5,000 miles in my RV this year. It’s a great way to see America, and as relaxed a way to see the country as there can possibly be.”

When the Yankee season ends, Kaat, his wife, Mary Ann, and their two cats, hit the road in their 36-foot motorhome, and by the end of the year will have visited at least 20 states.

“You can’t beat the convenience and comforts of an RV,” says Kaat. “It really takes the stress and hassle out of traveling.”

The RV makes it possible for Kaat to combine his love of travel with golf. “I’ll play many of the top courses during our trips,” he says. “The nice thing about the RV is that we have our home with us. We don’t have worry about reservations and losing our golf clubs or our luggage. We keep everything we need onboard and we’re ready to go at a moment’s notice. And we don’t have to leave our cats behind.”

The Kaat’s motorhome has a living room and bedroom that both slide out with the push of a button to create extra space. “I love that feature,”says Kaat. “When we pull into a campground and put the slides out, we have all the room we need. I also have plenty of storage space for my clubs.”

Kaat appreciates the freedom and flexibility RVs offer. “RVing allows for impromptu detours,” says Kaat. “If something looks interesting, we can go exploring because we’re not on a set schedule. And if Mary Ann and I get tired while we’re on the road, we’ll take a break and have a snack in our climate-controlled motorhome.”

The Kaats also enjoy spending time at RV campgrounds as they travel around the country. “We’re real campers,” says Kaat. “When we pull into a campground, we love to roll out our awning, set up our lounge chairs and cook on our grill.”

From 1959-1982, Kaat won 283 games in the big leagues pitching for five teams. His best season came in 1966 when he won 25 games for the Minnesota Twins. He was an All-Star three times, won 16 Gold Glove awards and earned a World Series ring with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1982.

Kaat discovered RVing through baseball friends Bob Gibson and Bill White, who are avid RV owners. “They got us interested, so we rented an RV for a couple trips and found out about all the benefits and decided to buy our own,” says Kaat.

As a professional athlete and Yankees broadcaster, Kaat is a frequent traveler. But he’ll tell you his most memorable trips have been in his RV.

Order a free RV “getting-started” DVD or CD-ROM at 1-888-Go RVing or GoRVing.com. Surf the website for lists of Go RVing dealers and campgrounds in your area, as well as RV shows, publications, rental sources and clubs. Or write to: RVIA, P.O. Box 2999, Dept. P, Reston, VA 20195.

RVIA (rvia.org) is the national association representing more than 550 manufacturers and component suppliers producing approximately 98 percent of all RVs made in the United States.

Family Takes RV to All AFC Stadiums

RESTON, Va. — Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA’s) newest media spokespersons, the DiEugenio family, will promote RV tailgating and family RV travel as they embark on a tour of NFL football games for the 2006-07 season. The tour will continue through the Super Bowl with stops in major media markets like Houston, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, New York, Miami, Cleveland, San Diego and other cities with AFC football teams.

Jay and Karen DiEugenio, along with their three young sons, Nick (14), Luke (12) and Frankie (5), pursued a lifelong dream of tailgating at NFL games around the country last year. They visited all the cities with NFC teams in their RV and published a tailgating cookbook called I Got Your Tailgate Party Right Here.

Along the way, the DiEugenios discovered the many rewards of RV travel. “We got to experience our favorite hobbies—football and tailgating—together as a family,” said Jay DiEugenio. “Our family really bonded as we discovered America, met interesting people and wrote our cookbook.”

The DiEugenios enjoyed their RV travels so much that they decided to visit all the AFC stadiums for the 2006-07 football season. This year’s tour will be substantially upgraded with laptops, digital video and still cameras. The RVing family will have an active blog and vlog on their YourTailgateParty.com website, with links to the GoRVing.com website. The kids will be “road schooled” during the trip with schoolwork and encouragement from their local school district.

RVIA’s marketing communications agency, Barton Gilanelli, will arrange media interviews with the DiEugenios during their NFL tailgating tour. They will promote GoRVing.com in every interview as the best resource for families interested in RV travel. They will also discuss the advantages of tailgating in an RV and the many discoveries they have made while touring America by RV.

Fleetwood RV is providing the DiEugenios with a 2007 Bounder Diesel Type A motorhome for this NFL season. Amenities includes slideouts and a satellite dish-ready 26” LCD TV with home theater sound system.

“RVIA has had great success promoting RV tailgating with Commissioner of Tailgating Joe Cahn in years past emphasizing the tasty food and community spirit tailgaters enjoy,” said Gary LaBella, RVIA’s vice president of public relations and advertising. “The DiEugenios are adding family togetherness to the RV tailgating recipe as they’re interviewed in stadium parking lots before games and on the road.”

RVIA (rvia.org) is the national association representing more than 550 manufacturers and component suppliers producing approximately 98 percent of all RVs made in the United States.

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News release


For IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 25, 2006

CrossRoads RV expands service
support with 25,000-square-foot facility


TOPEKA, Ind. — CrossRoads RV has made a major commitment to dealer and customer support with the recent opening of a new 25,000-square-foot Customer Care Service Center in Topeka.

CrossRoads is a rapidly growing company that makes travel trailers, fifth wheels and sport utility trailers. While many of CrossRoads’ dealers are well-equipped to handle a variety of repairs, the service center provides an additional level of support and expertise for dealers facing difficult structural problems and repairs they don’t usually perform. In addition, the staff collectively handles parts orders, warranty paperwork and consumer calls.

The facility also includes dedicated space for suppliers who, as needed, can easily access units to make repairs on their components.

“We’re very proactive about customer satisfaction,” said Mark Lucas, president of CrossRoads. “We believe that if we service the dealer well, we ultimately service the consumer well. This facility is designed to help the dealer speed repairs, ensure quality repairs, and get the customer back on the road as quickly as possible.”

“The service center became a priority because of our rapid growth in recent years,” said Lucas. “We made 1,347 fifth wheels and travel trailers in all of ’03. We made almost twice that many in the first six months of this year. We’ve gone from two product lines in ’03 to seven now; from 70 employees in the same year to more than 425 now. Our sales have doubled in each of the last two years and will double again this year.

“The fact is, we’ve managed to build some innovative, quality products that have taken off in the marketplace. We see this service center as the kind of investment we have to make to stay on top of the service demands of our growing market share. The younger RV buyer, especially, is demanding a quality service experience as well as a quality product, and every RV company and dealership needs to address that.”

Lucas added that CrossRoads’ dealer support extends beyond the service center. “CrossRoads pays dealers weekly for inspections and warranty claims at posted labor rates. We immediately resolve product issues, we don’t leave them hanging. Get it done and get the customer on the way is what we say.

“Dealers also appreciate the detailed fit and finish of the product that’s delivered to them. Our dealers know their inspection time and setup time is minimal, if at all. We have one of the best warranties in the industry and any dealer will tell you that we back it up.”

The new service center has a staff of 12, which include Randy Niesen, vice president of customer care; Randy Mishler, parts and service manager, with three full-time service technicians; Alicia Kennedy, customer service manager, with two full-time customer service representatives; Sandy Searfoss, customer service manager, with two full-time customer service representatives; and a receptionist.

Tours of the service center and CrossRoads’ manufacturing facilities are available. For more information call 888-226-7496 or visit www.crossroadsrv.com.