Motorhomes

Contravans sizes up from the couples van to the family van. Its new Family Camper Van package turns the seven-seat Ford Transit Connect Passenger Wagon into a five-seat, five-bed mini-campervan that gets the whole household out of the house.

A few boundless off-road vehicles are famed for going where they want, when they want. And a few compelling campers conversions make those 4x4s expedition-ready micro-motorhomes that travel off-grid, off-road and off-track to get away from it all.

Haaks has created a mobile living solution that blurs the line between RV and tiny home. Its Opperland camper slides off the flatbed truck carrying it, planting firmly on hydraulic legs and growing a second floor to serve as a comfy wilderness cabin.

The Freedom Vans Chongo conversion brings the feel of home into a camper van interior. It supports digital nomads with solar power and cell boosting, packs a dual-block expandable kitchen, and supports other conveniences of at-home life.

Part throwback hippy wagon, part rustic lodge on wheels, the new Flowcamper Max is a Mercedes camper van quite unlike any other. A follow-up to more compact, psychedelic Flowcampers of the past, the Max brings a large, multipurpose living space.

Mercedes-Benz's Marco Polo Activity camper van misses out on the new eVito electric drive but enjoys the rest of the updates on the Vito van that serves as its base. That means new infotainment, new driver assistance and an air suspension.

Last year, Dethleffs introduced the Globevan e.Hybrid plug-in camper van. Now British conversion shop Wellhouse Leisure launches its own Ford Transit Custom PHEV camper van, the new Misano 2 PHEV with over 300 miles of range.

Last year's launch of the Volkswagen T6.1 puts the spotlight on the iconic VW camping bus. Converters went straight to work transforming the 6.1 into their own unique camper creations, and we've compiled some of the best of the new T6.1 camper vans.

Based on a tiny Nissan NV200 cargo van, the West Coast Mini from Canada's Wilderness Vans is one of the simplest, most affordable camper vans you'll find in North America. But it still packs what you need for an on/off-grid road trip.

Last year, Toyota turned its fugly but lovable cabover Hiace into a more attractively proportioned van. Camper van conversion shop Frontline becomes one of the first to create a camper van around the new Hiace, a handsome little two- to four-sleeper.

RV chassis builder AL-KO joins Dethleffs and OzXcorp in working toward an electric-driven camping trailer that can partially power itself. Instead of leaving out the motorized RV segment, it's also developing an electrified motorhome chassis.

Storyteller Overland launched last year with a new vision for the Sprinter 4x4 camper van. This year, it experiments with fortifying its Mode 4x4 into the Beast Mode concept camper van, adding extra off-road equipment and gear storage.