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Insurance is a topic that’s not going to get your heart racing, but it might have your wallet twitching nervously. That’s why this magazine has brought you the market’s only in-depth guide, year in, year out. After all, this is far too niche a topic to be dealt with by the usual comparison websites, so someone has to do the hard work for you! The bad news this year is that premiums are still rising (as are thefts), but I won’t spoil Richard Dredge’s thunder, or reveal this year’s winner here. Suffice to say that his report shows you how to get the best cover, with the best companies, without selling any vital organs… After all, you might need that cash for one of the new ’vans in this issue,…
German liner-class motorhome manufacturer, Morelo, is amongst the first European brands to announce its plans for the 2025 season. For a start, there are new developments on the exterior, including the new Bridge Light brake light and a curved windscreen shaped around the A-pillars up to the side walls. This results in improved aerodynamics, an enlarged field of vision and reduced weight. Furthermore, all model ranges now benefit from LED headlights. The Home range takes a break in the coming season, so the Loft – from 7.99m long and €219,900 – is now the entry-level Morelo. In addition to its new exterior, the Loft has a redesigned interior featuring revised furniture construction with modern lightweight panels and a honeycomb structure to ensure weight savings across the entire body. There are…
Three of the UK’s largest leisure vehicle manufacturers – Swift, Bailey and the Erwin Hymer Group UK (EHG) – have released their latest profit and loss figures. These reveal mixed results, with both Swift and Bailey reporting a profitable year, while EHG made a loss. However, EHG, which is based in Consett, Co Durham, said it is looking forward to a stronger year after its second year of losses. In its last financial year, which ended at the start of August 2023, EHG made a pre-tax loss of £6.6 million, which is despite turnover increasing for the year by over £11 million. In the previous 12-month period it made a £4.7m loss. However, it says all the signs are positive for the year ahead as it has a strong order…
WITH many new campervans costing £70k or more and older used diesel ’vans now falling foul of low emission zones, the idea of a petrol-powered, low-cost alternative is more attractive than ever. But, with most European base vehicles having been 99.9% diesel for decades, it’s to Japanese chassis that converters have long been turning. And not vans but people-carriers that offer more spec, if a little less space. There are a number of specialists in this sector, some of them long-established converters of Japanese vehicles. Axon Motorhomes itself has been building Nissan Elgrand conversions for the past seven years, with the completed campers being retailed by Quality Campervans of Lostock Hall, near Preston, which usually has examples in stock and ready to go. Axon also builds campers on the smaller…
SEE a VW camper conversion at a show and it’s almost automatic to assume that it’ll have the usual side kitchen layout but, from the number of people peering into Brown Bird & Co’s Sully at the Yorkshire Motorhome & Campervan Show, you could tell that this was something special. It’s the latest design from a three-year old company that developed its conversions from experience of full-time vanlife. Previous models have been based on larger panel vans such as the Mercedes Sprinter and the design here owes its inspiration to those bigger vehicles, not the traditional Transporter format. Like its larger campervans, Brown Bird & Co’s VW is also designed for long-term offgrid living, so there’s a full Victron electrical system with anything from 150W up to 360W of solar…
THIS layout has clearly been a real success for the Rapido Group. It debuted in 2015 and it’s still going strong, both as a V55 in the parent company’s range and as a Dreamer. In fact, this campervan specialist marque offers three flavours of the same basic recipe – D55 and D55 Up (with a pop-top) in the entry-level Fun range, plus the new-for-2024 D55+ in the premium Select range. It has evolved in nearly a decade on sale but the Modul’Space washroom that makes such clever use of space remains key to its popularity. New this season is the Plus spec (also available on the longer, single bed layout D68). Inside, this top-of-the-range campervan comes with the Natural furniture and Dakota TEP (leather-look) upholstery, as well as interior accessories…
