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02/9/2016 at 10:21pm
Location: Lancashire
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Barron's caravans used to sell caravalair vans about 11 years ago, I saw them when I was looking to by my 1st van, at the time I knew the sales manager he offered me a new one at a ridiculous low price as they couldn't shift them
To me I thought they looked ok but very plain
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03/9/2016 at 12:14pm
Location: Teesside
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Basically European vans are designed for a different style of caravanning where one parks the van somewhere warm, and generally lives outside. Hence large bed areas but small seating areas and kitchens but a decent fridge, and no carpets.
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04/9/2016 at 7:21pm
Location: Near Belfast
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Another Adria fan.its the way they are constructed and the air circulation cell that gets my vote.
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04/9/2016 at 8:45pm
Location: fife
Outfit: vw t5 adria isonzo
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Quote: Originally posted by freeatlast on 03/9/2016
Basically European vans are designed for a different style of caravanning where one parks the van somewhere warm, and generally lives outside. Hence large bed areas but small seating areas and kitchens but a decent fridge, and no carpets.
what a load of rubbish, fully winterised insulation, large seating area and does have a carpet supplied. my Adria isonzo is built for the UK market.
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04/9/2016 at 9:28pm
Location: Sheffield
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Quote: Originally posted by diesel steve on 04/9/2016
Quote: Originally posted by freeatlast on 03/9/2016
Basically European vans are designed for a different style of caravanning where one parks the van somewhere warm, and generally lives outside. Hence large bed areas but small seating areas and kitchens but a decent fridge, and no carpets.
what a load of rubbish, fully winterised insulation, large seating area and does have a carpet supplied. my Adria isonzo is built for the UK market.
your van isn't a european van, it was designed for the uk market
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05/9/2016 at 4:53am
Location: fife
Outfit: vw t5 adria isonzo
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Quote: Originally posted by checkley1973 on 04/9/2016
Quote: Originally posted by diesel steve on 04/9/2016
Quote: Originally posted by freeatlast on 03/9/2016
Basically European vans are designed for a different style of caravanning where one parks the van somewhere warm, and generally lives outside. Hence large bed areas but small seating areas and kitchens but a decent fridge, and no carpets.
what a load of rubbish, fully winterised insulation, large seating area and does have a carpet supplied. my Adria isonzo is built for the UK market.
your van isn't a european van, it was designed for the uk market
is slovenia not part of europe where adria factory is.
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05/9/2016 at 6:36am
Location: north wales
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But can you buy this model of van in Slovenia?
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05/9/2016 at 7:44am
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Adria have a large range that are sold into continental European markets. Only a few models are sold in the UK in lefthand door UK spec so they are obviously designed specifically for the UK market. Adria are one of the few continental makes that does make any sort of serious attempt to penetrate the UK market. Other foreign makes have in the past produced lefthand door models for the UK market but not at the present time afaik.
Originally Adria acquired Fleetwood Caravans in Suffolk & I think their main UK base is still there. Adria 'vans were assembled for a time at the now defunct Fleetwood factory & some of the last Fleetwood caravans made were rebadged Adrias. Adria have sold caravans into the UK market since the 1980s.
The well known continental brands are produced in far larger numbers than UK brands which are mostly sold on the UK market only apart from small volume exports to Australia & New Zealand. Swift do produce some models for the Dutch market. Elddis also sell in Holland & have done for decades.
Continental makes have large ranges from super luxury to the more untilitarian. There are plenty of apparently smaller brands with smaller ranges, ie Caravelair, Sterckeman, Corado, Weinsberg etc but these are all owned by larger conglomerates like Trigano & Hymer Group.
The layout of fixed transverse front double bed/small dinette/toilet offered on a basic spec caravan with everything else like heater etc as extra/cost option is not offered by any UK maker I know of & this layout is in fact Ideal for warm weather caravanning as mentioned. Caravelair offer such a caravan but they do offer higher spec versions as well.
I would be suprised if Marquis will be selling Caravelairs built specifically for UK market with lefthand door etc. More likely UK 3pin plug sockets & thats it. They are certainly worth considering though & also Sterckeman which are identical & built in the same Trigano factory in southern France. Sterckeman do have a couple of UK outlets.
Generally speaking though even with worse €/£ exchange rate it is cheaper to buy a new foreign make caravan on the near continent rather than from a UK supplier.
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10/9/2016 at 10:57am
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We are on holiday in France at the moment, our 2014 Unicorn Vigo has been fairly trouble free but has some examples of poor attention to detail.
It has the transverse bed which telescopes in and out for day/night mode.
Last night we lifted it for access to underbed storage and the steel frame came apart!
After a struggle we got it back together,sustaining a nasty cut finger in the process!
We have used cable ties kindly supplied by a neighbouring motorhome owner, to lash it back together. We will now have to use the front dinette as a bed, or extend the mattress, not the bed frame!( No big deal as its only about 10inches overhang!
Pretty good for a £20K caravan 2 years old! Not!
Our dealer has been called and e-mails sent requesting action on return.
Its the slide mechanism which has broken on one side-ball bearings everywhere!
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