Veurink' RV takes delivery of first 2011 Holiday Rambler w/Maxxforce

By Tim Veurink
On August 15, 2010 we took delivery of our very first 2011 40PBQ Holiday Rambler Ambassador by Monaco RV.

What made this rig special were a number of things.

First, this was our very first 2011 Ambassador. It had a new exterior color called Gold Rush and a new Glazed Stained Cherry hardwood interior. It was beautiful.

This also was our very first coach to go through the Navistar MQC program. This is the quality control process that Navistar uses at all of it's plants and now is using it at the Monaco RV plants. The process is a 12 station inspection process and empowers workers to stop the production if something is not up to the MQC standards. In the past Quality control came in after the coach was built and this meant that the same old issues would just keep coming off the line. We were all very impressed with the fit and finish of this vehicle from the paint work to the interior it was flawless.

I was very interested in talking to the driver who just drove this vehicle to our dealership all the way from Coburg Oregon. You see this was our very first coach with the new Maxxforce 10 diesel. The best person to talk to is the guy who just put 2,400 mile on the coach. The driver told me that the coach preformed very well. He was impressed with the acceleration and the power in the mountains. He also liked the 3 stage engine brake over the old single stage exhaust brake so he did not have to ride the chassis brakes nearly as much. The engine ran very cool and was real smooth. The driver also showed me all of his receipts and we discovered that he got 9.63MPG from Oregon to Michigan and this was on a brand new motor. Frankly I was very impressed because this is a big coach and driver was also pulling a car. The other thing I notice was what was not there.

We found that on our own test drives this coach to be very quite, smooth and with a lot of get up and go.

I look forward to taking a few of our customers on test drives on this fine Holiday Rambler motorhome and invite anyone out to inspect this fine Diesel Pusher by the New Monaco RV.

We are located in Grand Rapids Michigan and have sold and serviced Holiday Ramblers since 1963. You can view all of our products on the web www.veurinksrv.com or call us for an appointment 1-800-822-5292