Swift BaseCamp

it looks great, as Jay says, similar to the Knaus....

Swift have also pared back their campervans by offering four different layouts but in a very basic trim, allowing customers to add only what they think is necessary....

looks like they are addressing the ever rising costs of uber-loaded vans, when the actual market for them is shrinking...

hope it works out.

I like it. It would have suited me nicely 25 years ago. 

With an MTPLM of 990kg, even maintaining 85% guidline, that puts it in the range of tow cars weighing only 1164 kg.

There has to be scope to make this BaseCamp and more mainstream small vans like Pursuit 400-2 and Xplore 304 lighter still.

I wonder at what point featherweight vans with a large side area will become unacceptibly vulnerable to side wind and buffeting. I trust the manufacturers are wind tunnel testing.

But it will be this type of thing that will keep caravaning alive in the long term, not getting wider.

But will they still be leak free when ten years old?  My similar sized Eriba is. 

But will they still be leak free when ten years old?  My similar sized Eriba is. 

Well our much larger sixteen year old Swift (CRIS reg in the year 2000) is still entirely damp free!  The last service (NCC Approved) in 2015 showed no problems at all.

We read so many 'damp' stories on forums, but there must be many other very happy Swift owners who have never had a problem. 

I think it looks great and would interest both my cycling, surfing and snowboarding sons (presumably the demographic group it's aimed at).

But will they still be leak free when ten years old?  My similar sized Eriba is. 

Well our much larger sixteen year old Swift (CRIS reg in the year 2000) is still entirely damp free!  The last service (NCC Approved) in 2015 showed no problems at all.

We read so many 'damp' stories on forums, but there must be many other very happy Swift owners who have never had a problem. 

I think it looks great and would interest both my cycling, surfing and snowboarding sons (presumably the demographic group it's aimed at).

....i think youre right, Val...

a blooming site more reliable than a T25 VW and a blooming site cheaper than a T5 or T6.....

so, some of the 'chic' with a lot less cost.....just add it to the back of your 'normal' runaround....

It is not new but Swift attacking the Sport and Fun and similar market. We are a bit passed that but good luck to them as smaller and lighter looks one way forward.

That really appeals to me, but the cost seems somewhat high.

Love it.

Well done Swift!

ABI did this sort of thing back in the year 2000/2001.

That failed in that I saw very few, but then it might have "been before its time".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCwRlstZSRI