Monaco Coach Corporation

Coburg is a city in Lane County, Oregon, United States, 8 miles north of Eugene. The city's population as of the 2010 census was 1,035. The city was originally named Diamond after John Diamond, an early pioneer in the area, on whose land claim the city was located. The city's current name comes... from a stallion that was named after the Coburg district of Bavaria, Germany, from whence the horse had been imported. The Coburg Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The period of significance of the buildings in the district dates back to 1875. Coburg is headquarters for Monaco Coach Corporation, a major manufacturer of recreational vehicles. Monaco Coach has a manufacturing plant in Coburg, as well as plants in Bend, Oregon, and Elkhart, Indiana. Coburg is also the headquarters of Marathon Coach, a manufacturer of luxury bus conversion motorcoaches. Coburg's city government has generated hundreds of thousands of dollars for its budget through speeding fines at a speed trap on Interstate 5 located outside of city limits. By 2003, the city was raising nearly half of its $1.
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