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What is a bus? They start with two huge I beams running parallel and go from there . Prevost starts out as a bus chassis, an empty shell that then goes to the converter. Newell starts on the shop floor with the two rails and becomes a bus, motorcoach, motorhome, whatever you want to call it. The first owner gets to design either like he wants it. They both use the class 8 truck front ends, rear ends , and tags, same trans and engines. I've had both and love them both. The next buyer lives with the first owners choices until you want to make changes to suit yourself. Prevost has been around 100 years years and Newell over 50. Prevost still has seated coaches and millions of miles of data and driver feedback to tweak handling. If you drive either you will be impressed, these are the best money can buy, fit and finish are unsurpassed. Both are different in subtle ways. Newell has had the steerable tag since late 2003 and the turning circle diameter is unreal, 74 ft for a 45 ft coach, my 97 Newell was 90 ft , my 01 H3 is 84 ft. Newell got the Aquahot with the propietary 240v element, Prevost only had the 120v element. A Prevost isn't a motorhome until a converter gets it, the Newell is all done in the same building. Prevost has service centers all over the US and parts warehouses too. Frieght for parts is free after $150 per order. Their glass is so cheap from them that it appears to be subsidized. The service centers are mainly for the bus chassis side to keep all the seated coaches running 24/7 but work on all of them. Newell is in Miami, OK and their 24 hotline is awesome. I lived with my Newell 14 years and now my H3 for 4. If you haven't owned both you only know one side, if you have been blessed to have owned both, you will really appreciate the unsurpassed quality of both makes. Get in the pool !

Nicely put Steve, this kind of input is great to hear!

I think the Prevost glass probably has to do with volume, they can order in larger batches knowing that they have X number of coaches on the road that might need the glass and also with the over the road coaches a damaged windshield has to be replaced as its a DOT violation. This is also why US buses have 2 piece windshields in the US where in Europe most of their coaches are 1 piece windshields. They do not have as many open highways in Europe and less issues with damaged windshields.