Brand
Dynamax
Dynamax builds luxury Class C and Super C motorhomes in Elkhart, Indiana. DeWayne Creighton started the company in 1997, and Forest River, a Berkshire Hathaway company, bought it in 2011. Its larger coaches ride on truck chassis from Ram, Ford and Freightliner. Its top line is the Grand Sport, built on a Freightliner Cascadia 126 chassis, with a 2027 base price of $663,418.
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Models
Grand Sport
Super C
DynaQuest XL
Super C
DX3
Super C
Europa S
Super C
Europa
Super C · 2021–present
Isata 6
Super C
Isata 5
Super C
Force HD
Super C
Force
Super C
History
Dynamax was founded in March 1997, according to the trade magazine RV PRO. Founder DeWayne Creighton set out to build an automotive-style motorhome, according to the trade site RV News. The oldest Dynamax brochures in a third-party brochure library are for the 1998 Isata Sport Sedan and Isata Touring Sedan.
Larger coaches followed. The same library lists a Grand Sport brochure for 2002, and the DynaQuest name appears on its brochures for 2006 and 2007. An early, undated DynaQuest XL brochure describes a 330-horsepower Cummins engine on a Freightliner chassis. By 2012 and 2013 the library also lists the DynaQuest ST, the Grand Sport Ultra and Grand Sport GT, the Isata F Series, the Trilogy and the first DX3.
Forest River, the RV builder owned by Berkshire Hathaway, bought Dynamax in 2011, according to RV News, Business View Magazine and RV PRO. Dynamax's own company page says it is part of Forest River, Inc., but it gives no year for the sale. The sources read give only the year of the sale, not the day.
The third-party brochure library lists a Force brochure for 2015. Brian Clemens, who managed the division in 2018, told the trade magazine RV PRO that the plant was barely building one coach a day when he arrived in 2015, and that by early 2018 it was building eight a week, each with a buyer already waiting. Business View Magazine reported that 175 employees built just over 800 units in 2017 at a 200,000-square-foot plant on 27 acres on the north side of Elkhart.
In March 2018 RV PRO described Dynamax as the only Forest River division building Super C coaches. The Force and DX3 were built on the Freightliner M2 106 chassis and the DynaQuest XL on the larger M2 112. Starting prices at that time were $243,000 for the Force, $299,000 for the DX3 and $361,000 for the DynaQuest XL. The Isata 5, on a Ram 5500 chassis, started at about $176,000.
For the 2021 model year Dynamax brought back an old name, Europa, on a shorter Super C built on the Freightliner M2 106 B chassis with a 6.7-liter Cummins engine. RV PRO reported in September 2024 that Dynamax was in full production of off-road Extreme versions of the Isata 5. The library lists an Isata 6 brochure for 2025, and the builder's site shows both the Isata 6, on a four-wheel-drive Ford F600 chassis, and the Europa S, on the Freightliner S2RV chassis, for 2026 and 2027.
On 5 October 2026 the builder's motorhome directory listed nine lines. Seven are built on Ram, Ford or Freightliner truck chassis, and their 2027 pages show base prices above $290,000: the Isata 5, Isata 6, Europa, Europa S, DX3, DynaQuest XL and Grand Sport. The Grand Sport is at the top, with a 2027 base price of $663,418 on a Freightliner Cascadia 126 tandem-axle chassis with a 600-horsepower Detroit DD16 engine. The other two lines, the Isata 3 and the new Oberon, are built on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis, according to RV PRO and RV News.
Timeline
DeWayne Creighton starts Dynamax with the aim of building an automotive-style motorhome.
Brochures for the 1998 Isata Sport Sedan and Isata Touring Sedan are the oldest Dynamax brochures on file in a third-party brochure library.
A third-party brochure library lists a Grand Sport brochure for the 2002 model year, the earliest use of the name found there.
The third-party brochure library lists a DynaQuest Touring Cruiser brochure for 2006 and a DynaQuest XL Touring Cruiser brochure for 2007.
Forest River, owned by Berkshire Hathaway, buys Dynamax Corporation. RV News and Business View Magazine both give the year as 2011. Dynamax's own company page gives no year.
The third-party brochure library lists 2012 brochures for the DynaQuest ST, DynaQuest XL, Grand Sport Ultra, Isata F Series and Trilogy.
The third-party brochure library's earliest DX3 brochure is for the 2013 model year.
The third-party brochure library's earliest Force brochure is for the 2015 model year.
The third-party brochure library's earliest Isata 5 brochure is for the 2016 model year.
Business View Magazine reports that 175 employees built just over 800 Class C units during 2017 at the 200,000-square-foot Elkhart plant.
RV PRO reports that Dynamax builds eight coaches a week, up from barely one a day in 2015, with starting prices of $243,000 for the Force, $299,000 for the DX3 and $361,000 for the DynaQuest XL.
The third-party brochure library lists Force HD brochures for the 2019, 2020 and 2021 model years.
Dynamax previews the all-new Europa, a shorter Super C on the Freightliner M2 106 B chassis. A product manager calls Europa the name that started it all for Dynamax.
Two off-road Isata 5 Extreme floorplans, with a lifted chassis and 41-inch tires, are reported in full production.
RV PRO's preview of 2026 models lists the Isata 6 on a Ford F600 four-wheel-drive diesel chassis, along with updated DX3 and DynaQuest XL floorplans.
RV News previews the Sprinter-based Oberon, an Isata 6 with the Extreme off-road package, and bunk-room versions of the Isata 6 and Europa S.
Dynamax's motorhome directory lists the Grand Sport at a base price of $663,418, the highest of its nine lines. The directory prints no model year; the Grand Sport 45CB floorplan page is labelled 2027, and the Grand Sport page also has a 2026 tab.
Sources
- Dynamax motorhome directory
- Dynamax: Our Company
- Dynamax owners page
- Dynamax owner's manuals (Forest River help site)
- Forest River recall search
- Forest River Owners' Group (FROG)
- RecreationalVehicles.info: Dynamax brochures, 2014 to 2026
- RecreationalVehicles.info: Dynamax brochures, 1998 to 2013
- RV PRO: Battle of the Super C's
- Business View Magazine: The Dynamax Corporation
- RV News: Dynamax company page
- RV PRO: 2021 preview
- RV PRO: Open House 2025
- RV PRO: Model Year 2026 Preview
- RV News: Hershey preview of new Dynamax motorhomes
- Wikipedia: Forest River (company)