Finding out that the perfect caravan you had your eyes on is just too heavy for your car can be a massive disappointment, nevermind the shock you get when you realise just how much fuel towing it will guzzle.
Well not so the Elddis Xplore range, which is the lightest caravan range in the UK.
Boasting two, four and six-berth models, the award-winning range features the lightest tourers in each size, and the caravans have been on a diet over the summer to shave off even more weight.
Cutting the waistline of all of the touring caravans in the range, Elddis has used the most advanced materials since they first began making caravans in 1964 to help cut down the weights.
Elddis said in a statement: “Our Xplore range of modern and affordable touring caravans were always the lightest in the Elddis range, but after these additional weight reductions the range now boasts the lightest caravans in the UK.”
Now even lighter and easier to tow, the County Durham-based ‘vanmaker has reassured us that there has been no compromise on the quality or integrity of the Xplores and they are still built to the same high specs.
Nor have they sacrificed on the payload either. The 302, 304 and 506 models offer healthy payloads of 132kgs, 152kg and 198kgs respectively.
The lightest of them all is the two-berth 302, weighing in with a Maximum Technically Permissible Laden Mass (MTPLM) of 930kgs.
Winning both the Caravan Club’s Design Award and the Lightweight Leisure Trailer Award, the Xplore 302 also comes with the new Whale underfloor heating system, which as well as freeing up space inside, makes it an all-weather model fit for winter action.
Even the six-berth Xplore 506 only comes in at a featherweight MTPLM of 1,365kgs making it the lightest caravan with six beds currently on the market, so despite its size it is still capable of being towed by most family cars.
The Elddis Xplore has been nominated for the CaravanTimes 2011 Innovation Award. To vote for your favourite tourer, caravan park and dealer, and be entered into our prize draw to win an Amazon Kindle, click here.
