Featherlite Coaches
Featherlite Coaches is a luxury motor coach manufacturer based in Suffolk, Virginia. It sells through dealers in 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.[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[edit]
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]
Products[edit]
Featherlite sells "travelers with the luxurious living accommodations and interior choices" and "designs and manufactures coaches in corporate and executive models."[10] The company's products include the Featherlite Vantare' H3-45 and XLII Prevost conversions.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Most Expensive Luxury Coach Ever Built BusinessWeek July 14, 2006
- ^ a b Featherlite Rolls out the Most Expensive Luxury Coach Ever Built Archived 2016-10-14 at the Wayback Machine 16 July 2006 December 18, 2008 Dexigner
- ^ "NASCAR extends alliance with Featherlite companies". NASCAR. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
- ^ "Tin Bán Xe - Đăng tin nhanh bán tốc hành".
- ^ Jeremy, Davidson. "NASCAR Featherlight Modified Series - Turning 20". Automotive.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
- ^ Featherlite, Inc. announces merger agreement with Universal Trailer Holdings, Corp. The Horry Independent - August 3, 2007 page 11
- ^ Featherlite Coaches, Acquisition Autochannel
- ^ press release
- ^ Amadas Coach Announces Featherlite Coaches Acquisition Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine December 18, 2008
- ^ Featherlite Coaches Inc. Businessweek/ Bloomberg