Hey Roto-Ray as for the speculation on the next cab getting axed ill start it off I guess.
As for the next cab being axed from the line id put my money on the Impel because originally when the Impel was introduced it replaced the Saber, but the Saber had such a strong market with smaller departments and cash strapped budgets it was still cheaper than the Impel so they brought back the Saber as the once again choice of custom cab low cost apparatus and the Impel became the low cost version of the Velocity, but now with the new upgrades to the Saber and the resurrection of the Enforcer even if it only be the name, and the Dash CF now hear to stay the only logical choice would be the Impel, its the only rig in the line up that has a twin for the most part, the only other rig I could think of would be the Quantum Chassis becuase of the price but I still think its a long shot I think that chassis well be around for a few more years it survived the resession so that I think says enough.
quote name="Roto-Ray" post="533287" timestamp="1397407237"]Joel,
You're right about Pierce having the marketing side of things nailed like no other manufacturer does. A lot of people have said, "all the hype for this?" when it's nothing quite as big as the release of the Quantum or the Dash CF. But, it works! They hype it some, then it gets people taking about it on the forums and the Facebook pages, which translates into free advertising for them, and even though it's not a huge cab release, here we are still talking about it days later. This is the stuff that marketing firms dream of.
As for the Enforcer cab itself, it will provide you with the option for a big block, TAK4, and airbags, things that you won't find on the updated Saber.
All Saber products will come from Florida, and the Enforcers will be an Appleton product.
The Saber and Enforcer are 96" wide cabs whereas the Velocity and Impel are 100" cabs.
Piece is trying to address the fact that a lot of customers are asking for a traditional looking cab without sacrificing some of the features that are found on their other models.
The Enforcer will be competing with the Impel SLT and the Arrow XT, and I'd have to say that of those chassis, the Enforcer would be my choice. It's a more simplistic cab with more officer's room than the XT and more traditional looks than the Impel.
Let the speculation begin about what will be the next chassis axed. When you're offering the Saber, Impel SLT, Impel, Saber, Enforcer, Velocity, Arrow XT, Dash CF, and Quantum but only selling about 1600 rigs a year, something will have to give to keep the engineering and production costs down.[/quote]
As for the next cab being axed from the line id put my money on the Impel because originally when the Impel was introduced it replaced the Saber, but the Saber had such a strong market with smaller departments and cash strapped budgets it was still cheaper than the Impel so they brought back the Saber as the once again choice of custom cab low cost apparatus and the Impel became the low cost version of the Velocity, but now with the new upgrades to the Saber and the resurrection of the Enforcer even if it only be the name, and the Dash CF now hear to stay the only logical choice would be the Impel, its the only rig in the line up that has a twin for the most part, the only other rig I could think of would be the Quantum Chassis becuase of the price but I still think its a long shot I think that chassis well be around for a few more years it survived the resession so that I think says enough.
quote name="Roto-Ray" post="533287" timestamp="1397407237"]Joel,
You're right about Pierce having the marketing side of things nailed like no other manufacturer does. A lot of people have said, "all the hype for this?" when it's nothing quite as big as the release of the Quantum or the Dash CF. But, it works! They hype it some, then it gets people taking about it on the forums and the Facebook pages, which translates into free advertising for them, and even though it's not a huge cab release, here we are still talking about it days later. This is the stuff that marketing firms dream of.
As for the Enforcer cab itself, it will provide you with the option for a big block, TAK4, and airbags, things that you won't find on the updated Saber.
All Saber products will come from Florida, and the Enforcers will be an Appleton product.
The Saber and Enforcer are 96" wide cabs whereas the Velocity and Impel are 100" cabs.
Piece is trying to address the fact that a lot of customers are asking for a traditional looking cab without sacrificing some of the features that are found on their other models.
The Enforcer will be competing with the Impel SLT and the Arrow XT, and I'd have to say that of those chassis, the Enforcer would be my choice. It's a more simplistic cab with more officer's room than the XT and more traditional looks than the Impel.
Let the speculation begin about what will be the next chassis axed. When you're offering the Saber, Impel SLT, Impel, Saber, Enforcer, Velocity, Arrow XT, Dash CF, and Quantum but only selling about 1600 rigs a year, something will have to give to keep the engineering and production costs down.[/quote]
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