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Design Evolution and Frame Construction

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Riding in Mark Martin's 800+ HP Motorcoach & Toolbox Tour!

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Mark highlights the continuous evolution of Newell's design, including a new electrically operated front door that is significantly quieter and more solid than previous air-operated versions. He points out that this new door contributes to the overall quietness of the coach, allowing for comfortable conversations even at 80 mph. The segment also briefly shows the RV's robust frame under construction, emphasizing Newell's hand-built approach and the customization options available for every detail, from floor plans to interior finishes.

Goal: Showcase design improvements and the build process.

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  • Newell Motorhome Newell — The vehicle featuring new design elements and under-construction frame

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start adding in. There's so many You can choose every single, you know, every finish in it. You know, it would be totally overwhelming. Uh >> That's what I was thinking of. It's just every single thing. >> Every single thing you you pick. You can choose. Like they start with two pieces of frame rail laying, you know, in the floor and start from there. And if you spec it a certain way, it has that process has to be different. You know, you can spec it with bigger holding tanks, and if so, the base have to be, you know, slightly different size or you have to have your spec done before they start that frame because it not every one of them is exactly the same. And of course, they do mid entries and front entries. So, you know, you have to have that zeroed in as well. >> Why are you a front entry guy? >> Um space. I I I would much prefer mid entry. >> Really? >> Much. You walk right into the kitchen. You don't have to come around. The front's way way more convenient in my opinion, but Arlene and I uh really every single half inch matters to us. You don't lose anything with this door, but if you put this door back there, you lose a little bit of space. And we worked real hard trying to get that space back, and we're that we're never able to do it to get it where we wanted it. >> I thought it was maybe cuz you drive it so much, it's easier just to pop in and out without tracking dirt through it. That's what I don't like about my mid entry is I got to like take my shoes off and then I'll drive in barefoot cuz I don't want to walk across the carpet with my, you know, gas station shoes or whatever. >> Yeah. You get out at a truck stop, always fuel, asphalt over the ground, and makes me makes me nervous. It didn't even downshift. >> It just just dug right through it. >> Just Pulled right through it. >> I could hear the the rumble. That same noise back there is what sounds like a tornado when you're standing behind it on the dyno. It's amazing how quiet like there's like rattles and squeaks and stuff. I don't think I've ever been in any coach that didn't >> I know. >> make any noise. This is the quietest one I've ever been in. >> It's like a It's like a house being in a earthquake every day. I mean, you you know, you think about it how rough the roads are. It just beats them to death. So, these things have to be constructed you know, amazingly constructed. >> What's your…

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