Outdoors

After shaking up the off-road camping trailer market with the EXP-6 back in 2016, Bruder is back with a new flagship. The EXP-8 puts the same burly exterior and comfy interior design into a more spacious package built for four-season off-grid living.

CarCamper distills in-vehicle camping down to the basics with a light, simple, affordable "camper in a bag" that works with a variety of vehicles. The collapsible kit transforms everything from actual vans to three-door hatchbacks into micro-campers.

Ahorn Camp goes "Big" with its Van City mini-camper. It jumps up a van size and adds a cozy corner bathroom to the new floor plan. The Van Big City becomes a perfect fit for both city-dwelling family adventurers and full-time van-life couples.

Looking to attract attention to its Urban camper van, VanTourer presents a special concept. An unapologetically loud, bright camper, the compact show van wears a blinding shade of neon and swaps its indoor/outdoor kitchen for a mobile mini-office.

Zeus Electric Chassis and SylvanSport are teaming up to create a line of pure-electric RVs with the rugged capability to reach far-off launch points and campsites and the flexibility to carry plenty of gear and comfortably sleep the crew.

Skinny Guy aims to reinvent self-sufficient camping with a pickup truck solution. Its customizable box-of-adventure turns everything from the Rivian R1T e-pickup to a grumbling long-bed into an off-grid camper with kitchen, bed, dinette and toilet.

Hatchet Overland is preparing to enter the fray of go-anywhere 4x4 micro-RVs. Its lightweight Jeep Wrangler pop-up adds less than a foot of ride height, sets up in a minute flat, and pops up and out to create a comfy sleeper roof and standing height.

Following the recent premiere of its entry-level Beachy, Hobby has tapped into Scandinavian sensibilities once again for its flagship Maxia. With a "hygge"-driven interior, the caravan has the atmosphere of a freshly built downtown apartment.

The Ford Nugget family resides at the top of our list of cool, clever European camper vans. It gets even better as Ford previews a Nugget Plus in ruggedized Trail guise that brings extra traction, dual sliding doors and Raptor-like looks.

Renault previously tipped plans to explore the distant RVing future with the Hippie Caviar concept camper van. Now it is bringing focus back to the present with the Trafic SpaceNomad, a classic pop-top camper van set to launch around Europe.

After peering longingly across the Atlantic for decades, the US is finally getting some of Europe's innovative small motorhomes. Wingamm is bringing over its Oasi series that's not quite a camper van, not quite a Class C motorhome, but a "micro RV."

A redesigned and rebranded version of the Mollusc Nano tent we looked at in 2015, the Campo Escape M4 hits the scene as the "world's first retractable tent." Its fabric pulls back so outdoor revelers can greet the world.