- Jan 12, 2020
- 434
- 1,552
- Funster No
- 67,962
- MH
- Burstner i681
- Exp
- Since 2018
Recently Knaus have been in the press for misleading buyers of their motorhomes with regard to the true weight of the vehicles they are selling. Obviously whilst this is subject to a lawsuit Knaus are unable to comment.
In an effort to keep Funsters up to date I decided to make my own enquires. I have to thank all manufacturers for their frank and honest contributions. So here is the latest situation/quotes
Knaus - ‘ We are genuinely surprised by the interest in the vehicle weights we supply in our brochures. It is well known in the industry that whilst vehicles are weighed the number recorded for customer use is random.’ When questioned on the impact this had on payload they replied ‘There is no German word for payload’
Carthago - The company first wanted to clear the air on how their name was pronounced. ‘We recognise it’s confusing and on all in house company documents we refer to ourselves as NNB (Not Niesmann Bischoff) it’s just easier’. They confirmed the universal German approach to vehicle weights and payload mentioned by Knaus.
In a remarkably frank further admission they admitted that for a number of years the ‘master’ tape measure, used for width, on one of their production lines had jammed at 2.1m. This had been rectified for MY2025. On the same model a translation error had occurred whereby the word Super had inadvertently preceded Lightweight, the word should have read NOT! They also mentioned that from MY 2025 they had updated their approach to electrical wiring and removed the technique called ‘A Buggers Muddle’. They also highlighted their abandonment of the German pricing model which for many years relied once again on the first number you could think of. This was replaced in 2022 by the new approach of the first number you could think then double it.
Burstner - They quickly admitted that for a number of years they had been shortening their name for economic gain. In future they will universally be called Buerstner or Beurstner. This increase in letters would sadly result in a further price increase.
Hymer - Preferring not to comment on the latest developments they simply hung their heads in shame when quality was mentioned.
Hobby - They were keeping very quiet and hoped customers would not notice that their top of the range models only had 4 wheels versus the usual 6 they had in the past.
Morelo - Their spokesman said from where he was standing, which was at least 6 steps up from the ground, he couldn’t hear my questions.
Others manufacturers declined to comment.
I will update this post as the situation changes.
In an effort to keep Funsters up to date I decided to make my own enquires. I have to thank all manufacturers for their frank and honest contributions. So here is the latest situation/quotes
Knaus - ‘ We are genuinely surprised by the interest in the vehicle weights we supply in our brochures. It is well known in the industry that whilst vehicles are weighed the number recorded for customer use is random.’ When questioned on the impact this had on payload they replied ‘There is no German word for payload’
Carthago - The company first wanted to clear the air on how their name was pronounced. ‘We recognise it’s confusing and on all in house company documents we refer to ourselves as NNB (Not Niesmann Bischoff) it’s just easier’. They confirmed the universal German approach to vehicle weights and payload mentioned by Knaus.
In a remarkably frank further admission they admitted that for a number of years the ‘master’ tape measure, used for width, on one of their production lines had jammed at 2.1m. This had been rectified for MY2025. On the same model a translation error had occurred whereby the word Super had inadvertently preceded Lightweight, the word should have read NOT! They also mentioned that from MY 2025 they had updated their approach to electrical wiring and removed the technique called ‘A Buggers Muddle’. They also highlighted their abandonment of the German pricing model which for many years relied once again on the first number you could think of. This was replaced in 2022 by the new approach of the first number you could think then double it.
Burstner - They quickly admitted that for a number of years they had been shortening their name for economic gain. In future they will universally be called Buerstner or Beurstner. This increase in letters would sadly result in a further price increase.
Hymer - Preferring not to comment on the latest developments they simply hung their heads in shame when quality was mentioned.
Hobby - They were keeping very quiet and hoped customers would not notice that their top of the range models only had 4 wheels versus the usual 6 they had in the past.
Morelo - Their spokesman said from where he was standing, which was at least 6 steps up from the ground, he couldn’t hear my questions.
Others manufacturers declined to comment.
I will update this post as the situation changes.
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