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Winnebago Has New Line on UFO Chassis 01/15/2007 Winnebago Industries has created a new series of motorhomes from the ground up intended to mount on the new Workhorse UFO chassis. Available in both Winnebago and Itasca brands, these new products feature flat-floor sliderooms, unique and innovative floorplans, and impressive styling and function. The initial models will be the 39-foot Winnebago Destination and Itasca Latitude, available by this spring. UFO is an acronym for several unique advantages the chassis brings to the RV industry. As the Universal Fuel Option, it is the first chassis to offer a choice of a rear gas or diesel engine. As the Universal Footprint Option, it packages both engines in the same space, enabling manufacturers to build identical coaches no matter which engine is used. As the Universal Floorplan Option, it has a unique drivetrain and frame design that allows manufacturers to build on a completely flat floor from front to back, without the intrusion of the engine and cooling system above the rear floor space. This allows a much greater variety of floorplans. Winnebago Industries and Workhorse first discussed the idea of a rear-engine chassis more than three years ago. Since then, the two companies have worked together on what has evolved into the Workhorse UFO platform.
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