The Hybrid Caravan and Camper market has exploded beyond belief today, and it seems like every man and his dog has jumped on selling them.
However, there’s a lot of companies that are importing the vans and selling them as ‘Australian made’, and I’d refer to that as unethical behaviour. By all means import what you want, but just because its sold by an Australian business doesn’t make the product Australian.
How do you know if the Hybrid Camper is made in Australia, or just sold in Australia?
If the last few years has shown anything its that imported hybrid camper trailers absolutely have a market, and there’s a lot of happy owners (and many that aren’t happy too).
If you are in the market for a hybrid camper trailer, we have a hugely comprehensive guide that you can read here; The ultimate guide to buying a hybrid camper.
In this post, we look at all of the Australian Made Hybrid Caravans/Campers, and we start off with those that are partially, or primarily made overseas.
Please know there are some grey areas here, as a company could import 95% of the parts, and build it here. Would it then be an imported good, or an Australian made one?
This post is done for no other reason than to pass on information. You might not care where its made, and there’s nothing wrong with that either. Some people do care, and very much so.
I’ve listed them all in alphabetical order, so you can find them quickly.
There’s still plenty of Australian made hybrid campers on the market
Completely, or primarily made overseas Hybrid Campers
Apache
Altitude Campers (Ascent)
Austrack Campers
Black Series
Blue Tongue
Conqueror
Eagle Campers
Emu Campers
Ezytrail
Fantasy
Jawa
K9 Vans
Lifestyle Iconn
Lumberjack
Mars Campers
Maverick
MDC
Modcon
Opus Campers
Parks
PMX
Prime
Southern Cross
Star Vision
Stoney Creek
Swag
Trailblazers
Fully Australian Built Hybrids
Alpine Campers (by Altitude)
Australian Off Road (AOR)
Bruder
BRS Offroad
Complete Campsite
Condamine Campers
CRZR
Hillys offroad
Jayco
Lifestyle Reconn R2 and R4
Noosa RV
North Coast Offroad RV’s
Mountain Trail RV
Offroad RV’s
Rhinomax
Ridgeback RV
Track Trailer + Tvan
Vanglass
Vision RV (panels are imported)
Zone RV
What have we missed? Let us know below and I’ll add it.
My wife and I purchased a Stoney Creek Scout 15 and whilst we had a few quality control concerns we were satisfied but the vehicle weight was a killer do we sold and bought a Long Haul Trex 13.
Standard of finish and quality control is far superior to the Stoney Creek
Hey David,
Thanks for the feedback. Good to hear you are happy with your Long Haul Trex
All the best
Aaron
Hi, In the process of researching hybrids, I only found a couple you missed and they`re Chinese or too tall for us to store. K9, lotus, Kokoda.
Track Trailers!(they make TVAN too) Rhinomax ! they seem good and we had a chance to look at one recently in Yallingup, owners were staying in the park and we struck up a conversation with them. Tricky living here in the west, when you want to climb through one to see how it feels, whether you hit your head on the things! Their strategy was to ask on the facebook page of chosen brand for anyone willing to let you view. They say it worked well.
As a couple, our list is a little different to yours but have enjoyed your reviews non the less.
Thanks,
Cheers
Anne
Where’re the “CUB” campers made?
Cheers
Hey Jos,
Cub Campers are Australian made, but they don’t sell any Hybrid campers; they make normal hard floor and forward fold camper trailers. They are great gear, but don’t belong on this list as its only for hybrids; a cross between a caravan and camper trailer.
All the best
Aaron
Hey Anne,
Thanks for the comment, and picking up a few that I’ve missed from the list. I can’t see a Hybrid that Lotus do; they are all full size vans?
I do like the Rhinomax campers, and know exactly what you mean about finding stock locally to check out! I’m 6″6 and also have an issue hitting my head on things!
Take care
Aaron