9/27/06 - Coachmen's Wyoming Fifth Wheel Packs A Luxury Punch

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.