Marathon #1261

This was Marathon’s first 2018 coach built on the Prevost X3-45 chassis. A very classic look.

We have been looking at a 2007 coach built on the XL II chassis. Not seriously mind you. But looking at one just the same. Hard to tell that the coaches are a decade apart. Some minor differences on the front and rear caps and around the tag but otherwise remarkably similar.

The Marathon #1261 features the following floorplan:

Here is the video tour of the Marathon #1261:

The Marathon #1261 was offered at $2.1 million USD.

The 2007 built on the XL II chassis? Well, somewhere around the $500k USD range.

These coaches are engineered for a long service duty. Not sure that it is much of a compromise to buy a used one. Even if it is ten or eleven years old.