Winnebago Auto Manufacturing was founded in Forest City in 1958, when local businessman John C. Hanson was able to attract investment from California by building a small residential van and trailer plant in the city. In 1960, it was purchased by 5 local businessmen, which included John Hanson himself, after which the company changed its name to Winnebago Industries.
In 1963 the company developed their own design for the walls, called thermal panels, which significantly reduced the heat loss and weight of the trailers. This allowed a serious increase in sales and expansion into other states, as well as launching the development of motor homes, the first of which was introduced in 1966. The Winnebago model cost half as much as its competitors' cheapest counterparts. In 1970, the production capacity of the company was no longer enough to meet the demand, so a new plant was built. In 1977, the firm crossed the milestone of 100 thousand motorhomes sold, the first among the manufacturers of such equipment, and in 1986 - 200 thousand, which was also a record. In 2010, the company joined SunnyBrook RV.
Now Winnebago produces several dozen models of motorhomes and trailers (Raven, Winnie, Lite Five, Ultralite, One series), regularly developing innovative solutions to reduce the cost of production and in parallel improve the quality of produced models.
In August 2015, Winnebago executives announced the mass production of the new Era 4×4 van, which was unveiled in the spring of that year and attracted widespread attention. The company's engineers emphasized technical features specifically aimed at perfect off-road driving in any weather. The interior decoration, as in all previous models, will create a unique comfort and a feeling of real homeliness. Do not forget to use Winnebago VIN decoder in order to avoid potential problems when buying a used car.
VIN Examples
2014 SEAT MII
2018 CITROEN C-15 RD
2018 SUZUKI BALENO
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2018 HONDA SH125D
2018 OPEL MERIVA
2018 BMW 325 TDS
2018 AUDI A6 2.5 V6 TDI
2018 PEUGEOT 205 GENERATION
2018 VOLKSWAGEN SHARAN 1 9TDI
2014 NISSAN PRIMERA
2018 FORD FOCUS 1.6
2018 KIA KIA RIO
2018 TOYOTA HI ACE
2018 RENAULT MEGANE
2018 SEAT IBIZA 1.9
2018 OPEL CORSA-B
2018 RENAULT EXPRESS 1400 COMBI
2018 KYMCO LIKE 125
2018 DAEWOO TACUMA
2014 OPEL AS SEDAN COMFORT 2.0DT
2014 SKODA OCTAVIA 1.9
2014 OPEL CORSA-B
2014 NISSAN PRIMERA
2014 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 1 8 INYE
2014 YAMAHA FZ6?S
2014 RENAULT MEGANE