GCT Carbon Fiber RV

kjburns wrote:
This should be interesting to watch. It's a 35' travel trailer with a claimed base weight of 6,000 lbs. It has a carbon-fiber monocoque chassis and body that are bonded. It will be pricey, with an expected range of $170,000 to $700,000.

My comment too expensive Gradual innovation would have been better.We have composite Caravans that look similar.Notice this is called a "Caravan"?Very similar to an Australian non-slide Caravan at unbelievable prices.$700,000!!!!!!



New Manufacturer with all composite construction.

Would LOVE to hear about their market analysis! How did they come to the conclusion that there WAS a market for such a trailer...at that price range? Who do they see as their customers? Do they think that they will attract folks with a MH with 4 slides to such a trailer? Does that price include the tow vehicle (it should!)?

High end trailers are generally topping out at $170K, not starting there! $700K plus for a trailer? Hey, I love my trailer, and not knocking trailers, but there's only so much high tech stuff you can put in one! There's no high tech engine to deal with, no high tech hydraulic suspensions, no outside-the-box thinking on storage design. Not a whole lot you can do with a trailer, and from those pics, it's not in the same ballpark as a comparable Motor Home.

From the pictured prototype, they could have chucked the absorption fridge, imported a propane fuel cell from Truma (they sell them in Europe), and have gone with a compressor fridge. Or they could have gone with an EFOY methanol fuel cell.

Custom RV doors for the generator, stove vent, and furnace would be cool as well, rather than the usual painted stuff. This is the difference between a top tier diesel pusher versus an entry level model.

I shouldn't be cynical, but if someone charges $700,000 for a rig, it better be engineered with every inch done right to be worth the chunk of change.

And then there is Tesla.

Yeah what a concept.
A travel trailer that could cost as much as a diesel pusher, new truck, 5 ver, camper, 2 wheelers, a cabin and a lake lot to put it ALL on!

Retarded!

For that price, I'd buy a Terra Wind and be able to drive the motorhome into the drink just for kicks. However, $700,000 for a travel trailer? I just don't see anyone buying that since the people well heeled enough to afford that would just buy a diesel pusher.

B.O. Plenty wrote:
After they produce one and probably only one.....do they really think anybody would even consider buying it?? What are some these idiots thinking?

B.O.

A fool and his money are soon parted. No lack of fools in this world.

After they produce one and probably only one.....do they really think anybody would even consider buying it?? What are some these idiots thinking?

B.O.

Seems way too expensive to me...


"As you can expect with its cutting edge tech, the CR-1 won't be cheap. Hoefer predicts that the production version will start around $170,000 with a top-shelf, fully customized model coming in at around $770,000 – a massive sum, but not unheard of in the RV industry. In return, buyers will be offered luxury features like a full-height closets, a walk-through master bath, 700-watt solar system, integrated generator, adjustable-tint privacy glass, run-flat tires, and system controls via iOS, Android or PC."

170 to 700k ? What sort of options do you get for 530k?