Talk:Winnebago Industries

In popular culture
This section is riddled with poor fact checking. Many of the examples listed are not vehicles manufactured by Winnebago.

"Other examples include the 1980 film The Blues Brothers, [that was a Southwind, not a Winnebago] National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation [a Condor, not a Winnebago], the Frasier episode "RDWRER" [a Coachmen Sportscoach], MTV's reality television series Road Rules [iirc, it was a Tioga], ... Robert De Niro's character has one in the comedy Meet the Fockers [Fleetwood Southwind]"

Source: www.imcdb.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.174.171.176 (talk) 22:28, 5 November 2011 (UTC)


 * THE WALKING DEAD*************
 * A Winnebego Chieftain is prominently featured through Seasons 1 & 2. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.25.33.131 (talk) 00:58, 5 October 2013 (UTC)


 * The motor home driven by Charlie McDermott in later seasons of The Middle was also a Fleetwood Southwind rather than a Winnebago, but one main difference is, his character and others on the show erroneously referred to it as a Winnebago. On the other hand, there is a deleted scene from Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, where Leslie Bibb is arguing with Will Ferrell as they stand in front of their Winnebago Vectra in the pit. One way that you can find out whether any motor home is truly a Winnebago besides looking at imcdb, is to have some general knowledge of RV's. -User:DanTD (talk) 20:57, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

The spaceship of the main protagonists of Spaceballs is a modified Winnebago fitted with wings and rocket engines for spaceflight.
 * Suggestion: Spaceballs*************

Fulfilled. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tmbottegal (talk • contribs) 19:17, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Photo request
50 years of Winnebagos and not a single picture?! This article desperately needs several. Cburnett 02:27, 7 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I've removed the reqphoto template because a picture of a Winnebago has been added. If there are editors who think the article needs more pictures, please be specific about what you think should be added! Tim Pierce (talk) 13:44, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

article tone
I've made some adjustments to the tone of this article in an attempt to make it more neutral. I think it's workable enough now and just needs to cite some of its claims, and could use a little structuring. It also could use the attention of someone who is an expert on the subject to check through to make sure that everything is accurate. I did my best to salvage the information and rewrite it in a neutral tone, but with my limited knowledge I may have disrupted the accuracy of it in some places, so please check through to make sure that everything is okay. ▫Bad▫ harlick♠ 05:50, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

A couple silly issues
This article mentions that "Winnebago" is used as a genericized trademark with a citation needed tag. However, if one checks out the genericized trademark page here on Wikipedia, Winnebago is listed and cited. Conflict?

Also, in the Popular Culture section of this article a Venture brothers episode is quoted. This is a reference to the Winnebago (Properly called Ho Chunk) Tribe of Indigenous Americans, not the recreational vehicle produced in my home town.

64.31.68.110 (talk) 01:02, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Winnebago Era
overcoverage to have a separart article for this model  DGG ( talk ) 23:18, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Asbestos in travel trailers in the 1960 -1970 ?
Did Winnebago uses abestoes in any of its travel trailers between 1960-1965? Pipefitter69 (talk) 22:40, 28 January 2019 (UTC)