Outdoors and Camping

Volkswagen is giving UK conversion companies a shortcut for creating new campers. Its Multivan Camper comes with a pop-up roof, an available plug-in hybrid, a cockpit, a few other basics and a whole lot of nothing else.

The most egg-shaped of all the egg campers, the Barefoot Caravan has been wowing RVers with its shapely fiberglass for over a decade. Prices have risen quickly during that time, but now Barefoot offers the Bothy as a lighter, cheaper entry model.

Mercedes has been working with Westfalia on its Marco Polo mini-camper van since the 1980s. But now it's leaving Westfalia behind and pulling Marco Polo production entirely in-house. The new 2026 Marco Polo is truly the Mercedes of RV life.

One of the more out-there concepts from CMT 2026, the Wingcube is a unique style of trailerable camping pod. It folds up into a slim cube that tows comfortably on narrow roads, then more than triples its packed size into an indoor/outdoor base camp.

Kia has introduced an officially branded camper package for the tiny PV5 electric van. Interestingly, the flat-pack IKEA-like assemble-yourself mini-camper kit was developed in the USA, which has not yet been confirmed as a PV5 market.

One of the smoothest hunks of sleep-in fiberglass you'll see this year, the Awaken Morningstar looks to "wake up" an age of higher quality US Midwest-built campers. The trailer's robust dual-hulled build aims to eliminate rotting and leaking.

While Ford's high-rising, hard-sided "winterproof" Nugget High Roof camper van is available to order, it's not available with AWD. Nugget Schmiede fills the gap with a sleek, window-lined high roof planted on a Nugget with all-wheel drive.

The Unity TBX motorhome steps up the game from 4x4 adventure van life like a penthouse suite steps it up from basic hotel room. It's much more than just a crash pad on a Sprinter chassis, providing a comfy, oversized living space for restful nights.

Bowlus' all-new Frontier Edition takes the brand's most powerful trailer to new aesthetic heights, warming up the interior of the riveted-aluminum fuselage with a rustic cabin inspired by the ranches and pioneer homesteads of the American West.

The Trailpod camping trailer flips the calendar back to a simpler time when the off-road teardrop was a small, ageless and affordable gateway to global adventure. But it's more than meets the eye, concealing a modern, zero-wood build.

In a sharp break from traditional multitool forms, the all-new Pockitrod takes on a slimmer pen-like design. But instead of a single body, the shaft actually comprises a series of tiny pods, each of which brings a new function to the table.

Inflate all the things. That seems to be the strategy at Bote, the inflatable watercraft company now launching the Hangout Shade series. The sunshades work on land or pair with Bote's floating swim platforms to sailgate the day away atop the water.