Last week, I posted about our trip to the RVIA show in Kentucky and asked for suggestions on what to check out or investigate. I will be posting a series of articles responding to some of those ideas over the next several days. One of the questions I was able to track down was posted by Wendy Bell, on Nov. 26 and went as follows:
“Re the new Via from Winnebago. It’s larger than the View (25 feet), yet on the same (?) Sprinter chassis. And it’s got a ton of underneath cargo area. BUT it has a rather limited GVWR at 11,030 lbs. How can they keep making it larger when the View’s promotions a few years ago indicated 24 feet was the limit that the chassis could handle? And didn’t they just build an A box on top of the C chassis? I’m so cynical!”
I was able to track down a rep in the Winnebago area and we discussed this question and he was able to provide what I believe is a suitable answer as follows. First of all, he stated that Winnebago never claimed that 24ft. was a limit on the View. Without any reference, I can only accept what he say. However, on the chassis question, he referred me to the dealer area of the Winnebago website and pointed out the following two images which show the View and the Via chassis.
Via Chassis
View chassis
As you can see, there is a significant difference between the two chassis. Granted they are both “Sprinter” type chassis, but apparently there is more than one style/rating, etc.
Wendy, hopefully this answers your question and I might add that the Via is a very nice coach with apparent quality and some very nice features.
Larry