Beauer

The X8 triple-expander wasn't the only all-new telescopic camper French innovator Beauer introduced this year. In its big lineup reshuffle, it also fully reshaped the future of its six-sleeper caravan. The all-new X6 breaks out of the curvaceous mold the brand has used exclusively for its trailers in the past, becoming a smoothed-corner cuboid built to maximize internal space. And it might just be the nicest overall Beauer design yet.

Beauer has blown up the internet over the years with clever telescopic campers that nearly double or triple in size at camp. This year, it reshuffles its lineup with the new X8, towable retreat for large families that accommodates up to eight people.

The latest member of the Beauer trailer family is the 3XC truck camper, a chassis cab-mounted RV pod that grows into an ultramodern camping cabin. The resulting 3XC "cell car" drives with the footprint of a normal van but lives like a large multi-room RV.

French company Beauer has earned a lot of attention over the years for its telescoping teardrop caravans. Now the company's bringing its tech to van life, launching a plug-and-play module that expands the size of a camper van.

In 2015, we looked at one of the most awe-inspiring camping trailers we've seen, the expanding Beauer 3X. We saw the 3X in person for the first time at the recent CMT show, also learning that Beauer has built the 3X Plus, a larger six-person trailer with the same style of triple-expanding design.