Claude Donati | Founder, Nexus RV
Nexus RV was founded in 2010 by Claude Donati and a lifelong friend, at the height of the Great Recession. With support from local business leaders and private investors, Claude launched Nexus with a simple but bold vision: build motorhomes the right way, with integrity, strength, and care for the customer.
From the beginning, Nexus RV stood out. In its first year alone, more than 2,000 visitors toured the company’s 10 acre facility, drawn by a product that quickly earned a reputation as one of the best in its class. For the first eight years, Nexus sold factory direct, allowing Claude and his team to work closely with customers and gain firsthand insight into what RV owners truly value, and what they don’t.
That direct relationship shaped everything that followed. Nexus expanded into multiple states and additional motorhome classes, all while refining designs based on real world feedback. This customer first experience became a cornerstone of the company’s philosophy and its commitment to building dreams, not just RVs.
In 2018, Nexus transitioned to a national dealer network, partnering with select dealers across North America to bring its products closer to customers while maintaining the same focus on quality and service. Today, Nexus RV is known for its durable construction, including high strength all steel cage framing and Azdel composite materials, eliminating wood from sidewalls and roofs for greater strength, lighter weight, and improved insulation.
In 2025, Claude Donati partnered with a billion dollar steel Company out of South Bend that has over two billion dollars in annual operations, acquired full ownership of Nexus RV. With this foundation, Nexus is focused on continued growth through improved product offerings, enhanced quality, and a long term vision built on trust, innovation, and craftsmanship.
At its core, Nexus remains personal. Customers are treated like family, dealers are supported with confidence, and every motorhome is built with pride.
After years of doubling our business and introducing many new products, we decided in 2018 to share our unmatched product features and benefits with the entire country. WE ARE SELLING OUR PRODUCTS THROUGH THE BEST DEALERS IN THE COUNTRY. The decision to sell through a national dealership network will allow our customer to have a much more convenient shopping experience.
The RV Market is as hot as it has ever been. This unbelievable market growth has spurred Nexus RV to offer our great brands to the dealerships and retail customer alike with a superior built motorhome. Specifically, we build our product with the most durable and progressive construction in the business beginning with our High Strength Low Alloy Steel Cage framing providing 72% more strength than products built with Aluminum. Also, we use no wood products in our sidewalls and roof by using a product called azdel; this product increases the lifespan of your motorhome and prolongs the life of your roof and sidewalls.
Nexus RV has become the largest privately held motorized manufacturer in the industry since selling to the dealer body. We will continue to have an intimate relationship with our customers and provide all the technical information to our customers and dealers, while suppling world class service both before and after the sale. Customers want to be treated like family and they want product that is not simply slapped together in a high-volume environment. Dealerships want product they can sell that has features and benefits that customers want, and they can sell in a large territory.
Nexus RV is committed to providing the best value in Motorhomes. We built the company by engineering exclusive construction features not offered by any other manufacturers. This unique approach is most notable with a high strength low alloy steel cage framing throughout the unit, giving our customers 72% stronger frames. This results in a more stable driving experience and the safest unit in the industry.
With over 30 years’ experience and being part of building more than 30,000 motorhomes, Nexus RV understands what it takes to build a well-designed, durable and safe motorhome. Our product is engineered with functionality and ergonomics as well as affordability in mind.
We understand the challenges that our customers face as they travel the world enjoying the RV lifestyle. Our product design is thoughtful and provides exclusive features that benefit our owners such as Azdel substrate replacing any wood products in our roof and sidewalls avoiding any delamination or cracks that our competitors deal with frequently.
We enclosed all holding tanks and heat those compartments with ducting from the furnace. We have a seamless fiberglass roof in all price points giving all our customers the very best radius roof in the industry. We do things differently, which means to say we do them better. As the largest privately held motorhome manufacturers in the world, we take pride in every single unit we build.
After the sale we provide the most responsive and best parts and service support in the RV industry. Nexus RV can be defined by a few words, best value, most committed to a personal experience and striving to be the best built unit every day.
Thank you for your business and becoming part of the Nexus Family. Professionally,
Claude Donati
Founder
