Campervan

The Kia Soul would make a cute pop-up camper in itself, but it actually has a smaller, cuter Korean-market brother, the Kia Ray. Daon Ray turns that tiny Kia into a full camper van with two beds, a kitchen, storage, heating and electricity.

Hyundai may not be the first auto brand one might associate with campers, but the Korean automaker does have a small RV lineup in its home country. The Porest motorhome is the latest, a spacious home-on-the-road with 3 beds, a bath and smart control.

Vanlife Manufaktur aims to elevate the van life experience to a higher level. Its Concept Camper turns the cold, white walls of the Fiat Ducato into the type of warm, homey lodge-on-wheels any roadway adventurer will happily retire to each evening.

Campers were trendy before 2020, but this year's events have cemented them as THE way to travel for the foreseeable future. Responding to the jump in demand, Volkswagen is expanding its UK camper van offering by reintroducing the California Beach.

The RV market is young in China, but a couple of pop-top vans are mixed in with the crazy concepts and EVs of Auto China 2020. The new Maxus RG20 is similar to European pop-tops but with a few features purpose-built for Chinese #vanlife.

HRZ Reisemobile shows yet another way of transforming the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter into a boundless, gear-hauling camper van. It abandons the standard layouts in favor of a flex floor plan that slides and folds into separate drive, eat and sleep modes.

The new Alphavan debuts as a massive Mercedes Sprinter camper with duplex bedroom, entertainment suite, and smart home-grade control system accessed all around the van. Yet, it still manages to weigh less than smaller camper vans.

The VanTourer Urban debuts as the latest Mercedes camper van, adding a small Vito pop-up alternative to the company's line of Ducato campers. The floor plan brings an in/outdoor kitchen, 4 sleeping berths and the ability to change to everyday modes.

Europe has many modular camper vans, but most are smaller vans that lack the space and features of a larger camper. Vöhringer explores the next step by sizing its ConceptCamper up to a Ducato, adding a classic layout complete with removable bathroom.

La Strada started off 2020 by rounding out its fleet with the Nova EB, a compact motorhome with a neatly integrated monocoque that's more than a van, less than a Class C. The new Nova M slims down from there, offering a light, maneuverable footprint.

It turns out the Caddy Mini-Camper VW teased last month isn't actually "Mini-Camper" at all. Instead, VW's smallest camper van now wears the classic "California" name, debuting as a mini-campervan with everything one needs to travel, eat and sleep.

The Terracamper Terock reestablishes itself as the alpha dog of modular VW off-road camper vans. The extra-versatile T6.1 changes from two-person off-grid camper van, to four-person family adventure van, to six-person passenger van, to empty cargo van.