Prevost year/title year

[rff105]

I just checked our new "used" coach that is still listed on Featherlite's website as a 2006. On the actual vehicle title the "year" is listed as 2006 but the date issued is 4/27/05 and i have found some documentation from the original owner that looks like he took delivery in May of 2005. The Prevost manufacture date on the chassis plaque in the engine bay says July 2004.

I hope that some day when we go to trade this coach in or sell it they are still so liberal on their model year dates. 2006 seems like a stretch to me. I guess buyer beware.

[jack14r]

Richard,A July 2004 manufacturing date would most likely be a 2005 model.Go to the Prevost serial number and the eighth number from the end is the Prevost model year.I think that your serial number is 2pcv3349x51010067 the 5 between the x and the 1 tells us that this is a 2005 shell.Jack

[Ray Davis]

That doesn't sound out of the realm of possibility.

Most likely your chassis is a 2005 model, and being converted/delivered in May of 2005, they've titled it a 2006 model year? I think mine was very similar, although a bit older.

ray

[rff105]

Thanks guys i just wanted to make sure the salesman wasn't completely selling me a line. He was telling me this shell has the new heaver suspension but not the newer emission requirements that make the 04 to 06 shells the most desirable. I will double check the VIN tomorrow but what they have in the website should be accurate.

[Danss]

My Prevost shell is a 97 but was titled 1st time in 99. What is it?

[Jon Wehrenberg]

That depends, Dan.

If you are ordering parts from Prevost they determine the model year from their serial number. They will refer to your coach as a 97 shell for example.

But your title is the model year of the coach because it is the converter that makes the determination based on its completion or when it was put in service. I have a 96 shell (serial Txxxx) but it is titled and registered as a 97 and it is insured as a 97, and if I sell it I will sell it as a 97.

[JIM CHALOUPKA]

My Prevost shell is a 97 but was titled 1st time in 99. What is it?

Well Dan, I guess the age all depends who you are talking to at the time.

In some states if the vehicle is ten years old or older the licensing is cheaper, there you have a 1997.

If you are talking to Prevost about parts and or their chassis information then its 1997.

If your talking to a bystander, all he sees is the 1999 stuff, so in your case (tell him it's brand new)

If you are talking to a campground with a ten year rule you have a 1999 until
2009, at which time it becomes a 2000.

I think you new all along and just wanted to talk about it.

[Five-O]

I just checked our new "used" coach that is still listed on Featherlite's website as a 2006. On the actual vehicle title the "year" is listed as 2006 but the date issued is 4/27/05 and i have found some documentation from the original owner that looks like he took delivery in May of 2005. The Prevost manufacture date on the chassis plaque in the engine bay says July 2004.

I hope that some day when we go to trade this coach in or sell it they are still so liberal on their model year dates. 2006 seems like a stretch to me. I guess buyer beware.

I know it seems a stretch but I think that this is pretty much an industry wide tactic. Usually anything from April till the end of the year is a next year's model. Look at the converters now. They are selling units as 2008 when the shell was built maybe the end of 2006. We are in 2007 but it will be titled 2008. The same thing applies to your bus. Built in 2004. Delivery taken April 2005. Titled as 2006. Done everyday in the bus and RV world. I would not worry one bit when it comes to selling it. Anyone who knows anything knows how the game is played. When I sell mine I am selling a 2008 but everyone knows I bought it probably in 2007 and the shell could be as old as late 2006 or early 2007. When you sell yours you will be selling a 2006 regardless of everything else. You will be fine.

[Ray Davis]

April does indeed seem to be an acceptable "change-over" month. With my recent 2002 Marathon, the delivery sticker inside from Marathon indicated May of 2001. And it's a 2002 ...

Ray

[jack14r]

Millenium has a 2005 XLII for sale on their website and also on Prevost-stuff that has a 2002 Prevost shell serial number.This is the first one I have seen that is more than 2 years difference.The serial # is 2PCW3349621027951.Has anyone else seen serial numbers with more than 2 years difference?