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As they used to say in Motor Sport a few years ago, the usual disclaimers apply. This is just advice that I think is useful. A couple of years ago I bought a Knaus Sundwind from a UK owner who had bought the unit new from P J Joeressen [http://home.mobile.de/JOERESSENPJGMBH] to German spec and prior to purchase I checked out one or two details with the agent. They were very helpful and P J speaks good English. I have also had dealings with Kemper [http://home.mobile.de/WOHNWAGEN-KEMPER] when considering another unit and they were very helpful [and also speak English] although I did not conclude any business with them. Both dealerships seem keen on price as well. Kemper have a Knaus Sport 500fdk 2012 unit 14500euro [£12474] and Joeressen have a Knaus 500qdk 2011 under 13962euro [12013]. Personally I can not see why it is important for a Caravan to have a door on the side that suits UK roads. There is a good website for searching for units and that is mobile.de when you get to the home page, click on the mobilehome image [Wohnmobile] and go to Kategorie [Category] drop the menu down and click on Wohnwagen [Caravan]. You can select certain aspects of fittings such as Bunk beds [Etagenbett] and there is an option of year of manufacture location by country and so on. You can also see the stock the dealers have if you go down to handler homepage towards the bottom of the individual adverts. The dealerships are as straight as anywhere, there should always in any case be a buyer beware approach. For the record unless you are set on travelling via Calais, I really prefer the Norfolk Line ferry into Dunkirk, it is generally speaking cheaper than the Calais route and is better for central and northern Germany anyway. Hope that has been useful.