mini-campervan

We've seen some tiny campers over the years but nothing quite as tiny as the newest member of VW's storied van fleet. Shrunken down to fractional scale, this ID. Buzz is more than just a toy, working as part of the world's largest model railroad.

Jeep hits the ground of Overland Expo West hard this year with an all-new concept it calls the Awning and Rooftop Tent (ARTT) concept, a go-anywhere Wrangler pop-top micro-camper straight from the off-road gurus at Jeep's own performance parts arm.

Forget the camper-in-a-box, the camper-in-a-bag is the lightest, most portable way of turning car into RV. The latest to drift our way, the Hele Box Solo tasks each component with multiple functions, providing a bed, table and gear drawer.

Tonke released a video this month showing its new VW ID. Buzz expandable sleeper roof design in action. The new pop-top leverages aspects of rooftop tent design to create a larger bed and more spacious living area, bringing more living comfort.

Honda becomes the latest Japanese automaker to debut a micro-camper concept, this one celebrating the CR-V. The CR-V makes a convincing tiny RV when upfitted with a fold-out bed, outdoor kitchen and dining area, and just the right accessories.

The Unicamp Sienna Pop Top camper minivan is now rolling out to customers, filling a void of affordable, flexible small pop-up US camper vans. The van still carries 7 or 8 people but is ready to pull over at a moment's notice and camp the night.

It's not easy to load the amenities of a camper van onto a bicycle, but Spacecamper has done it. The Spacecamper Bike lets cyclists enjoy a unique way of pedaling, relaxing, camping and remote-working their way across counties and continents.

Hymer's new Xperience camper van better supports the needs of work-from-anywhere roamers. It wraps them in warm, homey comfort trickled down from the incomparable Venture S RV, and equips them with robust 5G connectivity and smart home control.

Here's an interesting build no one was expecting: a Land Cruiser-inspired tiny MPV turned camper that doesn't quite camp. It's the all-new CLS-Fox "Landcroomy" from ESB, and it exudes "road trip" vibes like few other 12-ft vehicles.

Trap doors, electric expansion systems and amphibious ebikes ... those are just a few of the ideas we saw pushed across the RV market in 2024. In fact, all those ideas (and plenty more) found their way into some of the market's smallest RVs.

Forget Westfalia or Winnebago. Some of this year's most striking, innovative camper vans came not from dedicated RV manufacturers or small conversion garages but from much bigger household names: the automakers themselves.

Nissan's MyRoom light camper concept moved to full-on production earlier this year and has now spawned a smaller version, the NV200 MyRoom. The new camper vanette rolls the homey tranquility of the original MyRoom into a tiny mini-camping package.