For those who're serious about motorhome quality and durability, diesel motorhomes can offer what you are trying to find in a magnificent motorhome.

Over the years, diesel powered vans have earned a reputation for long lasting and heavy-duty everything and fairly so. Specially over the last decade or so, the evolution of the diesel powered, non commercial private truck has truly pushed the development of the diesel engine for more than just 18-wheel over-the-road trucking use. Certainly, there are (and have been) diesel-powered autos sold in the United States - Mercedes-Benz comes quickly to mind, but they are strictly passenger cars, with no pretense as a heavy-duty hauler, like diesel motorhomes.

Now that diesel trucks for individual use have become commonplace, it was only normal that motorhome manufacturers would turn to the heavy-duty diesel chassis offered by Dodge, Chevrolet, Ford and GMC. These diesel chassis are a fantastic basis for a class C motorhome, along with the Dodge Sprinter, which makes a fantastic van chassis for any class B motorhome.

Admittedly, diesel motorhomes will cost a lot more than their gasoline-powered counterparts. But, what exactly do you obtain for your additional cash? For one, you get the heavy-duty diesel engine. Majority of the modern gasoline engines will easily last, without critical failure, for 150,000 miles - or higher. But, that's considered the upper limit for reliability - used beyond this point and you are risking a catastrophic engine failure far from home. But the modern diesel engine is a heavy-duty appliance actually. It is not rare for them to reliably last 300,000 miles - and more. And, last reliably too.

Then, there is the extra fuel cost effectiveness you get from a diesel. I estimate that a diesel will give about 20% - 25% better fuel mileage than a similar gas engine, due mainly to the inherent characteristics of the diesel design. But, diesel fuel sometimes expenses a lot more than gasoline, so your actual cash outlay for fuel may be about even.

Diesel motorhomes commonly have a heavy-duty transmission and driveline to go with the diesel engine. Gasoline-powered motorhomes generally have a strengthened automotive-type transmission - this is normally the weak link in a gasoline-powered motorhome. Not so with diesels, they often have a super heavy-duty transmission made by Allison (basically a modified heavy truck transmission) to deal with the diesel's prodigious power output.

Diesel motorhomes are a premium motorhome, normally worth each penny of their additional costs with increased performance and durability.

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