Alfa Leisure Inc. Of Ontario, Calif., has ceased operations April 30. The shutdown impacted about 150 employees. The company offered both luxury motorhomes and fifth-wheel travel trailers.

The company sold its 35-foot and 40-foot motor homes under the See Ya! Alfa’s fifth-wheel models included the Toyhouse, which featured a storage area intended for motorcycles or all-terrain vehicles. “This is a sad day for Alfa Leisure and for the RV community” stated Founder and CEO Johnnie Crean, “We gave this company our all, fought tooth and nail and in spite of a Herculean effort, could not overcome the financial headwinds that continue to plaque our industry.” Known for RV designs that bucked most trends and tended to focus on the genuine enthusiast, Alfa had attracted a loyal following and was in the midst of a turnaround that under different circumstances might have produced far better results. Download lagu india kabhie kabhie 80. Ongoing challenges with key supplier Crane Composites further exacerbated the situation.

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“Alfa has been fighting an uphill battle and the final straw was certainly Crane’s unwillingness to stand behind their product” stated Crean. “We’d like to thank all of the owners and dealers who over the past 35 years have been our catalyst and our inspiration.” Crean went on to say that “about 90 days ago we were excited to bring in a high powered new management team to try and save us, but it was far too late. The Crane issue quite simply became insurmountable” There are currently no plans for additional operations and the company shutdown is just one of a growing number of RV manufacturers that have closed their doors. As housing values have dropped, many potential buyers have lost the equity in their homes they had in the past used to purchase big-ticket items. I’m sorry to see you go, my first Alfa was a new 1979 40’ Alfa Gold 5th wheel with a living room “tip-out”. That was before the slide-out, I loved that trailer and we pulled it everywhere with no problems, my second Alfa was a 1999 32’ Ideal with three slide outs also pulled that one everywhere with no problems. I loved the idea of having the AC unit under the trailer making it very quite when running the AC.

I was even hoping to buy a new Alfa 5th wheel in the future. Thank you for making a great product.

I’m saddened to see Alfa stop operations. The RV industry is at a crossroads for survival. Poor quality, failure by the manufacturers and sales organizations to honor manufacturers’ warranties (1 year – 10,000 miles) and the mind-set of “if you didn’t buy it here we wont service it”.

When I picked up my motorhome I had 80 quality issues and because I purchased the unit on the Internet I had truble getting service at my local RV service center. Download free el arte de la cocina francesa pdf download. They though that I should have bought it there for 35,000 more then I paid. Did they think they were the only game in town?? Cheaply built units, motorhomes, 5th-Wheels and trailers, sold by non-committed sales force will lead to more unsatisfied customers then currently exist. Very, very few RV owners return to their current RV manufacturer.

Good quality RV manufacturers are at risk due to rising cost to manufacturer as well as rising costs to own and maintain. Wait until the Japanese and Chinese get into this market. The free ride is over and so are healthy margins.

This is the start of a downsizing in this industry. I agree with chuck and jeanne f. The rv industry doing itself in via poor quality, even poorer quality control, failure to back the product. We had an alfa gold for 2 years. In that two years we were not able to use it for just one year. All of the many, many issures we had were the result of poor workmanship and poor quality control.

Alfa spent way to much money cleaning up after market problems that could have been corrected at the plant with some simblance of quality control. When all else failed they would come at you with the statement that (the program works as it was designed). You would not believe the problems that were addressed with that statment. Durring many talks in vaious campgrounds the statement invariably came up that just wiat until toyota, nissan etc got into the motor home business.

When that happens then our industry will have to shape up fast. Will they or will another american industry fall as a result of poor quality control. Chuck hudson. I am sorry to see Alfa close due to the high potential for future parts and service requirements. Will the factory extended warranty still be available for the endless repairs that poor workmanship created? I have had more than my share of warranty issues to the point I purchased a second insurance carrier to fix what the factory warranty wouldn’t cover. Recently the factory was my last resort to repair my slide as two other RV repair dealers could not fix.