Wholesale shipments of all RVs continued to improve in May, growing to 35,511 units, up 5.1% from last month and 9.1% from a year ago. This was the best May total in eight years and the best single monthly total since March of 2007. On a seasonally adjusted basis, May’s total represented an annual rate of more than 354,000 units.
Year-to-date, shipments have now reached 159,256 units through the first five months of this year, 10.6% greater than this same period last year. Motorhomes continue to grow at a more rapid pace (up 23.3%) while towable RVs remain the largest vehicle category (at 139,553 units).
Article excerpted from rvbusiness.com.
