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New Standard of Coach

For $3 million, you could get your hands on this gem.

Farhrzeugausstattung der Luxus-Klasse - Marchi Mobile

Love the entry steps and the glow in the dark paint!  FOT take note!

Tom & Bill

2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee

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Reply #1 –
It looks to me like the copied the Grand Villa. See the sloped front end.
The selected media item is not currently available.Kent Speers
Locust Grove, OK
1993 U300 SSE 40' (Restored at FOT 2009) Build 4323
720 watts Solar
6V92TA DDEC Silver Engine
2014 Subaru Outback

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Reply #2 –
Fascinating, but terribly sterile looking, to me!
No RV! Have hung up the keys.
In the past: 2016 Winnebago Era, 1994 Foretravel U240, 1995 Foretravel U240 (wide body), 1999 Foretravel 320, 36 Foot, 2003 Foretravel U320 38 foot,

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Reply #3 –
Quote from: txforetravel –
Farhrzeugausstattung

Gesundheit!
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320

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LOL.  Now, I suspect it might be slightly more than $3million.  A new H3-45 Liberty is running around $2.5 so this big thing surely would be much more! 
And yes, I think they used a Grand Villa as a prototype!  Did you see the depth of the slide?  It's got to be an 8ft deep slide! 
 
But what fun to drive! :)

Tom & Bill

2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee

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Gemutlichkeit?  I think not.  It really does look like Woody Allen and Diane Keaton would have used it in "Sleeper". 
Carol & Jeff Savournin
Usta have a '93 U225 36', Usta have a '95 U320 40', Usta have a '02 U320 40'
Usta have a 2006 Born Free, Usta have a 2011 Phoenix Cruiser
Usta have a 2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4dr
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."  Steve Jobs

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Reply #6 –
Ugh! 
J D Stevens
1997 U295 CAI 36' Build #5085
2002 Subaru Outback
Motorcade 16869
Bellville, TX

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The front end reminds me of the 50's GMC cab over trucks, ugly then and still ugly.  Think I will stick with my GV . BTW comparing this thing with a GV is insulting.  :-(
Gary B

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Oh I agree 100% with you Gary,  That German thing is ugly.  Now a GV is a thing of beauty! 
Tom & Bill

2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee

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Reply #9 –
Must be a Yooropeen standard of beauty that us ol' Murrikins don't 'preciate.
Carol & Jeff Savournin
Usta have a '93 U225 36', Usta have a '95 U320 40', Usta have a '02 U320 40'
Usta have a 2006 Born Free, Usta have a 2011 Phoenix Cruiser
Usta have a 2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4dr
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."  Steve Jobs

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You couldn't even pay me enough to park next to it.

And the interior look to be just one big party room.

And the slide is so deep i doubt if you could get into or out of the driver's area with the slide in.

Double Ugh. 
Tom Lang K6PG (originally  KC6UEC)
and Diane Lang
2003 38 U295 build 6209
2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Ecodiesel
still have tow-ready 2006 Acura MDX 
Temple City, California
Motorcade 16681 California Chapter President
SKP 16663 member of SKP Park of the Sierra, Coarsegold California
FMCA F071251
Retired electrical and electronic engineer

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Extend slide and it fall over.  Ein "Tippen" verbesserte Auflage.  Or in pigeon German" Das Tippenwagan"

Couldn't resist.  Sorry.

It looks like a great crowd clearance vehicle.  Scoop 'em up and extend slide as it fills.

Keith
Keith, Joyce & Smokey the Australian Cattle Dog
1995 U320 SE Extreme 40' WTBI Build # 4780, with a Honda CR-V hopefully still following behind.
Motorcade # 17030
FMCA # F422159

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Reply #12 –
I didn't mean to compare it to a Grand Villa, but we all know the Grand Villa is the Gold Standard of Motor Coach class worldwide so they must have tried, although in vane, to copy the style. Even if some folks think the Gran Villa's style is dated.
The selected media item is not currently available.Kent Speers
Locust Grove, OK
1993 U300 SSE 40' (Restored at FOT 2009) Build 4323
720 watts Solar
6V92TA DDEC Silver Engine
2014 Subaru Outback

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Reply #13 –
Other than the price tag, ill take it.
Benjie, Ashley, Zoey, Fallon, and Lake
Round Rock, TX
In search of our next monster...

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Grand Villa dated?? Dated?? Aerodynamic and distinctive along with functional. I think it is a classic style that is never going to disappear. The style is reminiscient of a classic Rolls-Royce. People see and recognize the GV from a distance. Try doing that with the newer Foretravels! Even the Tiffin line has a new model that emulates the GV!
Until one gets up close and can see the quality of the newer FTs and the name it is hard to differentiate them from almost any other class A on the road (a lot like most of the cars produced today).
Nitehawk,  Demolition Lady, & our NEW master, Zippy the speeding BB cat.
1989 Grand Villa 36' ORED
Oshkosh chassis, 8.2 DD V8
2006 Saturn Vue AWD

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I always felt they looked like a locomotive. Especially the narrow body 280 and 300s...
What always impressed me the most was walking up to one from the front. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger until its darned near overwhelming.
The selected media item is not currently available. Dave Head & Megan Westbrook
Titusville, FL - The Great Outdoors
'98 270 buying this month
Toad is a 2018 F150 XLT

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Got to see our coach today. 

We keep it in a covered storage bay with power, some 20 miles away.  We drive down the aisle between the two buildings, always looking at the new neighbors, the old neighbors, the good and the bad, till we arrive at nearly the end of the building.  And there again today is our old classic tucked back deep in the long bay.  We are always thrilled to see it again. 

We have not found another one we want to trade for, we love the style.  Love the look and it is so true, the Grand Villa is so easy to spot, unique for sure.  It sure puts a smile on my face when I get to see it again.
Dave Cobb
Buckhorn Lake Resort The Club, #6202, Kerrville TX
check the map.  I do rent it out when I am traveling!
2001, U320, 36' #5887, in Kerrville, FT Club #17006, (7/23 to present)
2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee L, Summit, white
EX: 98 U295, 36' #5219, (mid door), (4/13-10/23)
EX: 93 U225, 36' (4/11 to 4/13)

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Reply #17 –
Quote from: Dave Head –
What always impressed me the most was walking up to one from the front. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger until its darned near overwhelming.

This is certainly a truism. The late-80s and early 90s coachss look normal from a distance or in photos (unless you notice where the door is and how small it looks). While we were looking at coaches I noticed the same phenomenon as Dave Head has noticed... they just keep getting bigger and Bigger and BIGGER.
1993 U225 36' Unihome GV with PACBRAKE exhaust retarder, Banks Stinger and Solar Panels.
Toad: 1999 Jeep Wrangler 2-door soft-top.

"No one has ever had to evacuate a city because the solar panels broke."