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Compact, tough and comfortable: the ARB Earth Camper is a scalable off-road caravan. Register your interest to help bring it to Europe.
Advertisement: Blidimax is known for bespoke thermal-insulating window mats made in Germany. With BlidimaXroof the manufactory now insulates pop-top roofs and cabins from FourWheel Campers and CustomCampers too.
For years now, Scheinwerfer LUXX has built LED headlight conversion kits for trucks and lighter vehicles. Now there's one for the MAN F2000 and L2000 too.
Yasemin and Tobi stripped, restored and converted their 2005 Defender TD5 Knut entirely by themselves over nine months. An interview about the rebuild, the interior, the costs and life on the road.
On Corsica, Larissa and Julian realised a big van no longer suited them. So they downsized to a Defender, gutted it, built it out and fitted a pop-top, ready to sleep anywhere with their dog Knut.
After trips in a BMW e36, Elias wanted more independence. He chose a Land Rover Discovery 3 and, with his grandfather, a master joiner, turned it into a fully equipped camper, registered as a motorhome.
After 70 years, the British Army is retiring all of its Land Rovers, from the Series models to the Wolf and the Defender. Around 5,000 vehicles are due to disappear by 2030, and that should delight the fan scene.
With the EUROPINE ULTIMATE, VICKYWOOD brings a roof tent that feels more like a vehicle conversion. Built to automotive standard, it could be an exciting alternative to the pop-top for van and expedition builders.
Thomas Hofmann's Ford Ranger 3.2, The Beast, is a work tool, off-road vehicle and overland camper in one. A Four Wheel Camper pop-up cabin, Ironman suspension, a 6.2 t winch and a build born of real use.
INEOS Automotive plans a small, purely electric off-roader on a second platform – also a way to meet the EU CO2 fleet limits. A look at the plan and the rules.
Six years after the project began, Ineos Grenadier production has started in Hambach, France. The first customers are due to take delivery by the end of December.
The Ineos Grenadier can now be ordered: the Utility starts at 59,990 euros, the Trialmaster and Fieldmaster station wagons at 68,990 euros.
ABNTR4x4 and WÜRTH have jointly developed a workshop build for the Ineos Grenadier Utility, an off-road-capable alternative to the panel van for anyone who has to keep things running off the beaten track.
Stove builder Peter Postel would not compromise on his camper cabin, so he built it himself. A thought-through, well-executed FlexCab cabin on an Isuzu D-MAX.
Markus turned his Jeep Wrangler JKU into a proper camper, and the clever part is that it stays fine for everyday use with five seats, and low-budget too. He told us how he did it.
The Land Rover brand name is disappearing: manufacturer JLR's realignment into a House of Brands no longer has room for the famous oval emblem. A comment.
When storms kept driving Marlene and Franz into their car at night, they swapped their Pajero for a Toyota Land Cruiser GRJ76 and had it built into a compact camper with a rear-door kitchen.