Now it's American Owned, Will Hymer lose it's identity? (1 Viewer)

[Jim]

I still think of my beloved Lanny as a "British" motor, lots of changes though in recent years, many for the worse. Would those changes have been made by English owners? It's been owned by Germans, yanks and now Indians. But to me it's still British.

Will we ever consider Auto-Trails to be French? Never . So why am I already thinking that Hymers are American

 

[bigtwin]

Globalisation I’m afraid.

Has Rolls-Royce lost its Britishness?

I suspect that the Hymer brand is strong enough to survive.

Ian

 

[billym]

We were at Hymer at Bad Waldsee a couple of days ago. We were told the sell out was in order to finance an attempt to conquer the Chinese market.

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[MR. FUSION]

Land Rover appears to be making cars for hairdressers these days

 

[eddievanbitz]

If Hymer made a slide out they may survive?

 

[Steve and Denise]

Land Rover appears to be making cars for hairdressers these days

It’s a long time since Jim needed a hair dresser.

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[EX51SSS]

It’s a long time since Jim needed a hair dresser.

 

[nelly]

It will not be long before it wlll be said the Hymers were better before the Americans came just like the older ones are now
Neil

 

[Brian and Jo]

I still think of my beloved Lanny as a "British" motor, lots of changes though in recent years, many for the worse. Would those changes have been made by English owners? It's been owned by Germans, yanks and now Indians. But to me it's still British.

Will we ever consider Auto-Trails to be French? Never . So why am I already thinking that Hymers are American

Hi ya Jim,I personally can’t see Thor changing any thing drastic with Hymer ,I mean why would they ,with massive annual sales and a great product ,why change if it’s not broken.If they start to cut manufacturing corners then I’m sure that will be their demise in the European market and I can’t see that happening.As for the slide outs Eddie I don’t think we will have to wait too long too see that ,but I could be wrong ,it’s only what I’ve heard.I just hope that in a few years time we will not see a load of HymerBago,s on the road
Brian & Jo

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[Mikey RV]

With slide outs comes weight, so narrows the market for a lot of folks.

 

[Larby]

With slide outs comes weight, so narrows the market for a lot of folks.

Someone mention slide-outs on smaller MHs ?

 

[tacr2man]

We were at Hymer at Bad Waldsee a couple of days ago. We were told the sell out was in order to finance an attempt to conquer the Chinese market.

Good luck with that ! They have very innovative and high spec offerings of their own , with massive manufacturers

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[Jim]

Hi ya Jim,I personally can’t see Thor changing any thing drastic with Hymer

Thats what they said about cadbury's chocoloate

 

[Paddywack]

Thats what they said about cadbury's chocoloate

Main change with Cadbury is that I paid more tax last year than they did on £185 million profit.

 

[Tanya_and_Mick]

I think if you consider long-term brands, such as Land Rover, Kellogs, CocaCola and the way that different ages / generations align with them - think of your dads view on Land Rover to Victoria Bekham's the Hymer brand will have a standing for at least the next 30 years before the next MoHo community look at them differently - based on those advertising chaps......

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[Tony50]

What worries me about Americans taking over foreign Companies from my experience is they have this idea " we know best" instead of listening to others, I was concerned years ago being a Fleet Engineer for a Brewery about the warranty claims against Bedford Trucks For rear crankshaft oil leaks, vehicles were going back and 2 and 3 times for same thing , I gathered statistics from major Breweries about their claims which amounted to over £5 million , armed with this info, I approached Bedford an asked why they did not retool and put a silacone seal on instead of an old fashion rope seal, Bedford said it was too expensive to retool it would cost £1 million and they had looked at it, I then told them the cost of claims for just Breweries was £5 million, a Year later they retooled, cured oil leaks.
My mate worked for ICI , then PPL part of paints division ,he said Americans the put In new computer system which was years behind theirs (and was not done so it linked up to a Global system ) . One of my sons has a Americam Director !!

 

[Brian and Jo]

Thats what they said about cadbury's chocoloate

You may be right there Jim ,I guess it’s a case of watch this space ,if Me & Jo go to a Rally next year and we are flying the Stars and Stripes and the Confederate flag you will know we have jumped ship again
Brian & Jo

 

[icantremember]

Thats what they said about cadbury's chocoloate

mmmm .. chocolate motorhomes!

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[Hettie's Crew]

Hymer’s could well be American made if Thor decide to avoid Trumps import tax and start producing them there.

 

[buttons]

Globalisation I’m afraid.

Has Rolls-Royce lost its Britishness?

I suspect that the Hymer brand is strong enough to survive.

Ian

Not yet but who knows after next year.....RR Mini Land Rover Jaguar Toyota etc etc all will have absolutely no connection with this small insignificant island off the north coast of Europe......

 

[Larrynwin]

Not yet but who knows after next year.....RR Mini Land Rover Jaguar Toyota etc etc all will have absolutely no connection with this small insignificant island off the north coast of Europe......

Naturally , they will all readily give up their sales to this insignificant little island as will BMW , Mercedes, Fiat , Renault Volvo etc. They all only sell a handful over here

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[buttons]

Naturally , they will all readily give up their sales to this insignificant little island as will BMW , Mercedes, Fiat , Renault Volvo etc. They all only sell a handful over here

Foreign imports from foreign manufactures, not the same as having your own brand Larry...

 

[Paddywack]

and the Confederate flag

And dressing up in SS uniforms perhaps?

 

[Larrynwin]

Foreign imports from foreign manufactures, not the same as having your own brand Larry...

True but not a disaster and once free of the chains we have the wherewithal to produce and sell our own again.

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[buttons]

True but not a disaster and once free of the chains we have the wherewithal to produce and sell our own again.

Nah we can forget all that manufacturing nonsense I think tourism is our only chance to prosper Larry, with global warming the Med will become a wasteland during the summer while the UK will become a sort after place for summer sun holidays....

 

[Tony50]

I think you will find we are or are 2nd biggest European Customer for Mercedes.

 

[Nicepix]

I think you will find we are or are 2nd biggest European Customer for Mercedes.

That might well be true. But given the diesel emissions situation and the push towards electric hybrids, the historic internal combustion manufacturers might do a 'Kodak' when digital photography technology advanced far faster than anticipated and put the big boy on the block facing receivership.

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[Larrynwin]

I think you will find we are or are 2nd biggest European Customer for Mercedes.

And some think they can do without us , don’t think so.

 

[Tony50]

That might well be true. But given the diesel emissions situation and the push towards electric hybrids, the historic internal combustion manufacturers might do a 'Kodak' when digital photography technology advanced far faster than anticipated and put the big boy on the block facing receivership.

I think we are along way off getting rid of Diesel Engines what's the alterative ? like spending 6 hours and 3 stops trying to get from say Essex to Scotland (that's what a Rep. pointed out to me ) I am not saying won't happen in the future , but if I buying a new Motorhome I would not be too worried.