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The Cubivan Camping System is more than just the usual slide-out camper expansion module

Campervans

Double origami camper cube brings bathroom and king bed to small vans

The new Cubivan Camping System is a very different style of camper-in-a-box module. It expands out the van and down to the ground to create a full kitchen and bathroom. Add the hard-walled origami roof, and you make a full camper out of a tiny van.

A very new type of Ford expedition camper

RVs and Motorhomes

6x4 Ford Ranger Super Duty camper is pure excess, but not for America

"American excess" is a simple term that points out the US tendency toward conspicuous overconsumption. Despite its big Ford badge, though, the new Kerkamm Ranger Super Duty RV isn't American excess at all. It's German excess ... and it's glorious.

The C.core's expanding "solar flower" stores between the roof rails while driving, pushing outward at camp to expand charging capacity and work as an awning

RVs and Motorhomes

Bird-boned concept RV concentrates emerging technologies on eco living

Building on its past history, Dethleffs introduces an envelope-pushing green RV concept. The C.core combines biomimicry, solar expansion, multi-use transformable spaces and closed-loop recycling to create a more efficient mobile environment.

The ID. California Cruise makes its world premiere at the 2026 Düsseldorf Caravan Salon

Campervans

Volkswagen camper van kicks off the next era at surprising price

The age of all-electric Volkswagen camper vans is here. VW finally has an official electric California camper van on the way to market. The all-new ID. California Cruise is even closer than expected, with deliveries slated to begin next year.

Volkswagen prepares to launch the all-electric era of VW van life

Campervans

Volkswagen California concept camper van alters the trajectory

Volkswagen is already bringing an outside-the-box California camper concept to this year's Caravan Salon, but it has no intention of stopping there. It will also introduce the ID. California Cruise, a first look at a line of all-electric camper vans.

Like the Grand Canyon camper van, the ML-T Crossover is based on a 190-hp Mercedes Sprinter AWD with lift, off-road tires and front light bar

RVs and Motorhomes

10-day Crossover RVs edge closer to world's most stunning camper van

For years, Hymer has been selling what stands as arguably the most innovative camper van in all the world. This year, its highly self-sufficient Crossover series draws closer than ever before to that Venture S camper van, mirroring it outside and in.

With the pop-up sleeper roof, the California Beach Air concept sleeps three to four people, depending upon which Stuff Bubble bed setup you use (double or single)

Campervans

VW's cheapest camper van stuns campground with all-inflatable fit-out

Volkswagen often surprises with its annual Caravan Salon debuts, and this year it's revealing multiple world-first concepts that explore the future of van life. It starts off with a California Beach concept that packs a cabin full of inflatables.

Like the Habiton 6.0, the 6.1 comes in available X all-wheel-drive trim

Campervans

Bürstner's slick, transformable camper van learns some new tricks

At the 2025 Caravan Salon, Bürstner revealed two small motorhomes with shape-shifting interiors. This year, it's adding a new camper van that incorporates transforming features from both those series to create a new sense of space and versatility.

Westfalia defines the new Nansen 600L camper van with a pair of bunk beds and a clever bathroom layout

Campervans

Westfalia's latest camper van packs in a bunk room and dry bathroom

Westfalia is riding a wave of hyper creativity, hitting this year's Caravan Salon with not one but two innovative camper vans with next-generation layouts. The Nansen 600L squeezes a pair of double bunk beds and a dry bathroom into a sub-6-m Ducato.