RobertRyan
Sep 30, 2019Explorer
Well if you have the money they will build it
SLR Expedition Vehicles built this Custom Motorhome for a client who wanted to take his 6 Childern Off Road in a lot of comfort
Jaw-dropping two-storey, MAN 8x8 off-road motorhome built in Queensland, breaks cover
Queensland expedition vehicle specialist SLRV has ripped the wraps off Australia's most expensive and outrageous RV, displaying its unique SLRV Commander 8x8 motorhome at this month's Outdoor X show at Sanctuary Cove on the Gold Coast, before handing the keys to its lucky new owners.
SLRV took six months to design and around seven months to build one of the world’s most self-sufficient and technologically advanced off-road motorhomes, based on a German-built, military-spec MAN 8x8 truck chassis that by itself costs around $500,000.
SLRV’s Warwick Boswerger told caravancampingsales that the well-heeled and discerning buyer wanted to accommodate his family including six children in complete comfort for months at a time, while accessing some of the more remote deserts and regions of Australia.
Boswerger said just about everything was custom built on the mega motorhome to meet the design brief, from the actuators lifting the ‘second storey’, hard-wall roof section to the $35,000 marine-style ducted air-con system and cutting-edge Mastervolt power system utilizing 8km of wiringThe owner) is pretty much some-one who wants a self-sufficient house on wheels,” he explained.
“The truck itself runs 12V, 24V, 48V, 240V, and three phase… the power system has never been done like this before (on an RV), in order to power all the things the customer wants in .