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ENTEGRA COACH

Entegra Coach Safe View Dash Modernizing a market leader. Tangent recently partnered with market leading luxury RV manufacturer Entegra Coach, to design and develop, from the ground up, their top-of-the-line diesel Class-A dashboard. Faced with an increasingly competitive luxury coach market, Entegra reached out to Tangent to modernize their highest-level offering, giving their Entegra Coach line an automotive level instrument panel fit for the 21st century RV user.This new coach dash features modern amenities like a digital gauge cluster, and a center 15-inch touch screen, with advanced safety features, HVAC controls and blind spot monitoring. Critical to the design of this new dash, is the significantly lowered instrument panel, giving the driver improved sightlines over the previous generation’s dash, as well as the competition. Tangent worked closely with the Entegra team to ensure that all of the important information and touch points would remain in the driver’s sight lines while operating the...

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Fleetwood Excursion Exterior

FLEETWOOD EXCURSION EXTERIOR

Recreational Fun Fleetwood is a long-standing recreational vehicle brand that has been at the forefront of the industry for several generations. They are a leading manufacturer of Class A and Class C coaches based in Decatur Indiana. When Fleetwood decided to build a new Class A Diesel product, Tangent was brought in to work with Fleetwood’s development team to bring a fresh look to the exterior. Drawing on automotive influences Tangent developed a form language that is contemporary yet comfortable to the target demographic.   Tangent designers worked through several 2D designs prior to developing all of the class A CAD surfacing for the front and rear caps and access doors. Tangent was able to coordinate with various Fleetwood suppliers to integrate components ranging from lights, windshield, and cooling package radiators early on in the CAD process. This enabled a reduced development time in which the first prototype was ready for its unveiling...

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