Goshen Coach
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 2019 Ford E-450 with a Goshen Coach Impulse body operating forColumbia Transportation | |
| Industry | Automotive |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1985 |
| Defunct | 2016(original company) |
| Fate | Dissolved byREV Groupin 2016, brand name sold toForest Riverin 2020 |
| Headquarters | Salina, Kansas,United States |
| Products | Cutaway buses |
| Website | goshencoach |
Goshen Coachwas an Americancutaway busbuilder located inSalina, Kansas.
The company was founded in 1985 and was owned byThor Industriesfrom 2005 until August 2013, when Thor sold the company to Allied Specialty Vehicles (later renamed REV Group).[1][2]REV Group closed the Goshen Coach factory was closed on October 31, 2016.[3]
After the closure, REV continued to use the Goshen Coach name for some buses built at theElDoradofacility inSalina, Kansasand theChampion Busfacility inImlay City, Michigan.
In May 2020, REV sold its cutaway bus businesses toForest River,including the Goshen Coach brand name.[4][5]
Models
[edit]- Pacer II - Small, narrow-body, cutaway bus. Non-CDL, up to 15 passengers. Available onFord E-350chassis.
- Impulse - Small to mid-size, wide-body, cutaway bus. Up to 28 passengers. Available onFord E-SeriesorChevrolet Expresschassis.
- G-Force - Large, cutaway bus. Up to 33 passengers. Available onFord F-Series Super Dutychassis.
References
[edit]- ^"Thor Sells Bus Business".Inside Indiana Business.July 31, 2013. Archived fromthe originalon January 9, 2015.RetrievedJuly 18,2014.
- ^reports, Staff."Thor announces sale of subsidiary".South Bend Tribune.RetrievedJuly 16,2024.
- ^Booker, Ted (August 31, 2016)."Goshen Coach intends to close facility in Elkhart".South Bend Tribune.RetrievedDecember 29,2021.
- ^"REV Group completes sale of shuttle bus business".Mass Transit Magazine.May 11, 2020.RetrievedDecember 29,2021.
- ^Report, South Bend Tribune."Forest River acquires shuttle bus businesses, including Elkhart's Goshen Coach".South Bend Tribune.RetrievedJuly 16,2024.
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