Featherlite Coaches

Featherlite Coaches is a luxury motor coach manufacturer based in Suffolk, Virginia. It sells through dealers in various areas of the United States.

Featherlite has produced some of the most expensive motor coaches ever made.[1] The company debuted the $2.5 million Platinum Plus in 2006 for renowned NASCAR Nextel Cup owner Richard Childress at a showcase presentation at the Childress Vineyards in Lexington, North Carolina.[2]

Featherlite is the official luxury coach of NASCAR.[3] Featherlite sponsored the Featherlite Coaches 200 NASCAR race in 2007.[4] Featherlight was a title sponsor for the Featherlight Modified Series from the national tour's inception in 1985 until 2005.[5] It is today known as the Whelen Modified Tour.

Corporate history

Featherlite Coaches was reorganized in 2006 from the assets of Featherlite Luxury Coaches, a division of Featherlite Inc., "a wholly owned subsidiary of Cincinnati based Universal Trailer Holdings Corp", that was previously headed by Conrad Clement. The independent Featherlite company was established in 2006[6] by Conrad Clement, Tracy Clement and Bulk Resources, Inc.[7] It was purchased by Amadas Coach in 2008.[8][9] Also in 2008, Tom Johnson Camping Center became the exclusive dealer of Featherlite's coaches costing more than $1 million in eight Southeastern states.[10]

Products

Featherlite sells "travelers with the luxurious living accommodations and interior choices" and "designs and manufactures coaches in corporate and executive models."[11] The company's products include the Featherlite Vantare' H3-45 and XLII Prevost conversions.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Most Expensive Luxury Coach Ever Built BusinessWeek July 14, 2006
  2. 1 2 Featherlite Rolls out the Most Expensive Luxury Coach Ever Built 16 July 2006 December 18, 2008 Dexigner
  3. ↑ "NASCAR extends alliance with Featherlite companies". NASCAR. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  4. ↑ http://www.racingwest.com/series/west/2007/5/results.html
  5. ↑ Jeremy, Davidson. "NASCAR Featherlight Modified Series - Turning 20". Automotive.com. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  6. ↑ Featherlite, Inc. announces merger agreement with Universal Trailer Holdings, Corp. The Horry Independent - August 3, 2007 page 11
  7. ↑ Featherlite Coaches, Acquisition Autochannel
  8. ↑ press release
  9. ↑ Amadas Coach Announces Featherlite Coaches Acquisition December 18, 2008
  10. ↑ Erik Spanberg Motor coach deal reached Charlotte Business Journals June 2, 2008
  11. ↑ Featherlite Coaches Inc. Businessweek/ Bloomberg

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