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Emerald
Emerald Luxury Coaches converts Prevost H3-45 and X3-45 bus shells into motorhomes in Stephenville, Texas. Its own history page says the company was officially set up in 2012, though another line on the same page says 2014, and that it showed its first finished coach in 2013. John Walker leads the company. Emerald says its goal is a coach that is easy to operate, and National Bus Trader reported in 2019 that the price of its new H3-45 stayed below the average Prevost conversion.
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History
Emerald Luxury Coaches builds its coaches in Stephenville, Texas. The company's history page says its people had been building travel accommodations there for nearly two decades before the coach company began. The same page says Emerald was officially established in 2012, the year it finished a new 50,000-square-foot plant in Stephenville, and that it first set out to build coaches on the Prevost XLII to compete in the Class A market. Another line near the top of the page says the company was established in 2014, so the founding year is not settled.
Emerald showed its first finished coach, a Prevost X3-45 numbered #5299, at the Barrett-Jackson show in Las Vegas in 2013. The trade magazine National Bus Trader wrote in 2019 that Emerald had built a niche around its X3-45 coaches since 2015.
Emerald's history page says its first H3-45 conversion arrived in 2017, although the same page's entry for 2016 mentions H3 coaches on display. National Bus Trader reported in June 2019 that Emerald was adding H3-45 conversions for the 2020 model year, with a 58-volt house electrical system using Volta lithium-ion batteries and a Crestron-based control system. The magazine said the price of a new Emerald H3-45 stayed below the average Prevost conversion. At that time the new H3-45 coaches were sold only through Liberty Coach of Florida in Stuart, Florida, and TransWest RV in Frederick, Colorado.
The look of the coaches changed along the way. Emerald says it moved from hardwood to laminate cabinets in 2018 and rebranded in 2019 around a more modern style. In 2024 it showed its first conversion on Prevost's newly released H3-45 at the Florida RV Supershow, said it made significant advancements to the design, technology and safety of its coaches, and showed a four-slide H3-45 at Prevost's 100th anniversary event in Quebec.
Emerald is one of the converters listed on Prevost's motorhome site. That page names John Walker as chief executive and lists Emerald locations in Stephenville, Texas, and Frederick, Colorado (at TransWest), plus one at a Liberty dealer. National Bus Trader called Walker the owner and president in 2019.
Emerald lists its coaches by number instead of by model name, and its fleet page can be filtered by shell and by the number of slide-outs. According to Emerald's site, an X3-45 can have up to two slide-outs and an H3-45 up to four. In October 2026 the site listed 2027 coaches on both shells. A January 2025 company blog post also describes a four-slide ("Quad Slide") coach that Emerald unveiled at the 2025 Prevost Motorhome Expo in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Timeline
Emerald's history page says the company was officially established in 2012 and finished a new 50,000-square-foot plant in Stephenville, Texas. Its first plan was to build on the Prevost XLII. Another line on the same page says the company was established in 2014.
Emerald unveils its first completed coach, a Prevost X3-45 numbered #5299, at the 2013 Barrett-Jackson show in Las Vegas.
Emerald's history page dates its first H3-45 conversion to 2017. That year it also showed an X3 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.
Emerald moves from hardwood to laminate cabinets, which it calls a major redesign of how its coaches look.
Emerald rebrands to match the more modern style of its coaches.
National Bus Trader reports on June 26, 2019 that Emerald is adding H3-45 conversions for the 2020 model year, sold only through Liberty Coach of Florida in Stuart, Florida, and TransWest RV in Frederick, Colorado.
A sponsored article in duPont Registry describes Emerald's plant as a 100,000-square-foot facility, twice the size the company gives for the building it finished in 2012.
Emerald's history page says it showed its first conversion on the newly released Prevost H3-45 at the 2024 Florida RV Supershow, celebrating Prevost's 100th anniversary.
Emerald says it built a one-of-a-kind four-slide H3-45 that was displayed at Prevost's 100th anniversary event in Quebec, Canada.
A company blog post says Emerald unveiled a four-slide ("Quad Slide") coach at the 2025 Prevost Motorhome Expo in West Palm Beach, Florida, held February 12 and 13.
In October 2026 Emerald's fleet pages list 2027 coaches on the H3-45 (#33 with three slide-outs and #29 with two, both new) and on the X3-45 (#651 with two slide-outs, shown as sold).
Sources
- About Us | Emerald Luxury Coaches
- Built on Prevost | Emerald Luxury Coaches
- Our Fleet | Emerald Luxury Coaches
- Features and Technology | Emerald Luxury Coaches
- 2025 Prevost Motorhome Expo in West Palm Beach (Emerald blog)
- Emerald Luxury Coaches Unveils First H3-45 Conversions (National Bus Trader)
- Converter Partners | Prevost Motorhomes
- 2024 Prevost Motorhome Expo seminar program (Prevost-Stuff)
- Emerald Luxury Coaches: Motorcoaches That Revolve Around Luxury And You (duPont Registry)