Featherlite Coaches and La Mesa RV Announce Acquisition of Florida Sales and Service...

Featherlite Coaches and La Mesa RV Announce Acquisition of Florida Sales and Service Facility

SAN DIEGO & ORLANDO, Fla.--(Business Wire)--
La Mesa RV Center, Inc. and Featherlite Coaches, Inc, today
announce that La Mesa RV has completed the acquisition of the
Featherlite Vantare sales and service facility located in Sanford,
Florida. La Mesa RV is now the exclusive Featherlite/Vantare sales and
service center in the state of Florida. This modern sales and service
facility located on 11 acres off of I-4 in Sanford will become La Mesa
RV's eighth location. The new dealership will have the space to
display in excess of 100 new and pre-owned motor homes as well as
being able to provide motor home owners with outstanding service
provided by a remarkable team of RVIA master certified and certified
technicians.

With the opening of this new store in Orlando, La Mesa RV Center
will be moving its East Coast operations center from Tampa to Orlando.

"The Orlando location offers us a strategic ability to provide
RVers with a choice in the Eastern United States. La Mesa RV plans to
incorporate our culture of family, fun and memories as new and current
customers come to us from the greater Orlando area and across the
country," stated Jim Kimbrell, CEO of La Mesa RV.

"We are very pleased to announce this partnership with La Mesa RV
and are looking forward to working with them. This is the first of
several dealerships which will be appointed as Featherlite Coaches
transition to an independent dealer organization through the US and
Canada. We will be announcing other Featherlite Coach dealers in the
next few days and weeks which will benefit Featherlite/Vantare
customers through out the country," said Conrad Clement, CEO of
Featherlite Coaches, Inc.

Because the RV lifestyle allows for almost unlimited mobility, La
Mesa RV plans to welcome many new customers from across the country to
the Orlando area. The economic impact provided by the company will
benefit the larger metropolitan area as RV owners stop for service or
relax at various malls, restaurants and entertainment venues in the
Orlando area.

La Mesa RV is a privately held company with headquarters in San
Diego, California. Existing stores are located in San Diego, Davis,
and San Bernardino, California; Mesa, Tucson, Yuma, and Quartzsite,
Arizona. For additional information on La Mesa RV Center and the
recreational vehicle brands sold, visit their web site
www.lamesarv.com.

Featherlite Coaches, Inc is a privately held company that will
continue to manufacture the Featherlite/Vantare coaches at its
manufacturing facilities at exit 104 off of I-4 in Sanford, FL. Visit
their web site at www.fthrc.com.

La Mesa RV, 858-874-8000
or
Featherlite Coaches, Inc
Jim Wooley, 407-323-1120

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