What you've been waiting for,,,Transit campervan

mumkin wrote:
Been tried here... didn't sell. Only lasted a year or two.

Yeah , they have made a few. Unusual base to start with and it is 4x4, like Sportsmobile
Normal HiAce Capervan conversion , the cupboards etc swing out of the way

loving retirement wrote:
Personally, I would never purchase any B or small class C which blocks access to the living area from the driver's or passenger seats as the Autarky with the rear slide does.

a good point which I missed but I guess when you have so little wall space, a compromise was necessary????????
bumpy

Personally, I would never purchase any B or small class C which blocks access to the living area from the driver's or passenger seats as the Autarky with the rear slide does.

Been tried here... didn't sell. Only lasted a year or two.

Fastpaddler wrote:
Door prize but that is it! Lived in Japan 8 years--space to park, drive on roads and camp are critical, more so than here. Know what people will survive with and wont... We have to get some new ideas based on Transit & Promaster chassis. I think we can do better than these two efforts. The Aussies produce some nifty rigs too as Ryan has shown, down under!!
AL

This is a new Company, that produces some very unusual Motorhomes. The one based on a Toyota HiAce,others are on fairly heavy Toyota and IVECO Trucks
Toyota 4x4 Off Road " Autarky" Motorhome. Basically a Class B with a rear slideouts

That floorplan would work great for single travelers. They would have to flip it around to work with our system.

I like it...

I have liked the all glass look since I looked an Airstream Interstate.

However, it is a decision on form versus function. Here in Texas, if I were using electric heat at a CG, the smooth look of the windows is great. If I were parked somewhere colder where the only thing that would be heating my rig is stuff I hauled in, I'd go for the uglier, but far more insulating dual-pane windows.

Once you've seen the all glass sides in vans like the new Pleasureway Luxor, it's hard to get excited about other kinds of windows (practical or not). I like the all-glass look.

Some vans in Europe have an access door for the cassette and some are an access panel in a bulkhead inside the door opening (if that makes sense). Having the loo open to the great outdoors just seems kinda weird, although it saves the weight and complication of puting a bulkhead there. I wonder if the kitchen side even opens so you could load groceries thru that space?

I love the Dometic/Hehr windows, as they are double-paned. The cassette toilets are decent, but that is another discussion entirely. When looking at a custom SMB build, I thought of a cassette toilet, but because of how I travel, I'd rather just use a black tank and dump with a macerator pump.

Door prize but that is it! Lived in Japan 8 years--space to park, drive on roads and camp are critical, more so than here. Know what people will survive with and wont... We have to get some new ideas based on Transit & Promaster chassis. I think we can do better than these two efforts. The Aussies produce some nifty rigs too as Ryan has shown, down under!!
AL