Caravans & Dealers

THE BIGGEST STORY from Elddis for the 2014 season is the relaunch of the Compass brand, which was discontinued in 2009. Compass had been...

LAST JUNE'S FREAK SUMMER HAILSTORMS IN THE EAST MIDLANDS resulted in more than £500,000-worth of damage to motorhomes and caravans insured by one of...

THE COMPASS CARAVANS brand is set to return to the UK caravan market with three ranges – Corona, Rallye and Omega – from 1...

VANMASTER CARAVANS HAS been rescued from administration, and will operate under the new name of Signature Caravans. The Wigan-based company will continue to build...

WIGAN-BASED VANMASTER CARAVANS, manufacturer of premium tourers, went into administration yesterday (Monday 29 April 2013), we're saddened to report. Unfortunately all 20 employees have been...

BAILEY IS LAUNCHING a refreshed range of Pegasus tourers in time for the Spring Caravan & Camping Show at NEC Birmingham.

The Great North Caravan and Motorhome Show takes place this coming weekend at Catterick Caravans Leisure World, near Richmond, North Yorkshire, and there’s still...

The industry’s major dealers are to meet a rigorous set of criteria in order to be an ‘Approved Dealer’. The scheme is backed by the...

Price range: £15,149-£18,649 Elddis tightens the range and loses weight in its new, streamlined, eight-layout 2013 Avanté line-up, featuring a brand new construction method and...

Price range: £18,149-£21,849The headline story for Swift Group’s 2013 models is the revamp of the upper mid-market Challenger/Eccles model to SE (special equipment) status....

Price range: £12,485-£15,260Swift Group is the UK’s largest caravan manufacturer and claims a little more than 40% of Britain’s tourer market. It’s been manufacturing...

Price range: £10,795-£12,895 The newcomer to the Lunar family has gone down a storm since its launch in February. The budget range has won...

Price range: £19,795-£24,395 Lunar’s luxury line-up has been given a dramatic facelift. Over and above the new features on the Lexon/Stellar range, these top-end...

Price range: £16,195-£21,395 The Lexon range also waves goodbye to two models this season: two-berth 420 and four-berth 520. In their place are two...

Price range: £13,995-£16,995 Lunar’s entry-level range has been modernised from front to back for 2013, with new one-piece aluminium sidewalls, larger front windows and...

Price range: £24,299-£27,199 Much like Crusaders, the tourers bearing the plush Buccaneer brand were extensively revamped last season and proved very successful. As a...

Price range: £20,999-£23,999After a substantial make-over in 2012, there wasn’t much to do to the impressive Crusader line-up. The biggest change is a switch...

Price range: £17,999-£18,999 The new mid-priced Affinity range replaces Odyssey, which was dropped at the end of last season. Affinity shares the same bodyshell...

Price range: £10,999-£13,999 Changes for the Elddis Xplore range are limited to some layout tweaks and detail improvements this season. The biggest change is...

Price range: £20,795-£22,595 At the red-carpet end of Coachman's line-up is the single-axle VIP range, which has had a few tweaks to its already...

Price range: £25,595-£25,975Space and luxury are the main attractions of the three big twin-axles of the Coachman Laser range. In common with the other...

Price range: £19,945-£21,745Coachman found little it could improve in the successful 2012 Pastiche range. It has changed the soft furnishings, updated the fridge and...

Price range £15,495-£19,945Coachman plies the Amara range with plenty of new kit and two new layouts, pushing the line-up to nine models for the...

OUR ANDY JENKINSON has just made his first Practical Caravan video review, of dinky micro-tourer the Going Cockpit S. First released in 2006, the Cockpit...

Price range: £18,149-£21,849 All models in Swift Group’s new Challenger SE 2013 range weigh up to 125kg lighter than last season, and have Alde central...

Price range: £15,495-£18,799 Swift Group’s Sterling Eccles Sport range gets extra equipment and a revised layout for 2013. For 2012 the mid-market Sterling Europa range was...

Price range: £15,495-£18,799 Swift Group’s Challenger Sport range gets extra equipment and a revised layout for 2013. For 2012 the mid-market Swift Charisma range was replaced...

Price range: £15,490 – £16,929LIKE ITS ALTEA stablemate, the Adria Adora line-up adds one model for 2013. Elsewhere in this mid-market range, there are...

Price range: £18,895-£21,995 For the start of the 2013 season, Bailey has focused all of its development time and energy on its flagship Unicorn line-up. All...

THINKING OF BUYING a new tourer? This is the best time of year to buy a current-season van, as dealers are keen to clear...

WE'VE JOINED FORCES with the Leisure World Family of dealer sites to offer you the chance to win a new Elddis Xplore caravan. ...

YOU CAN now take part in the annual Practical Caravan Owner Satisfaction Awards survey by filling out the questionnaire here on our website. New and...