Nice slant on the expandable caravan theme.

Hylda&Jon · Guru

Nice slant on the expandable caravan theme.

Cruising Cruze · Guru

Would this be the future

I could live with it for sure

A real fun package

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Not sure about it really. I like but don't like. I spose if I had to make a decision I would at the time.

chopit · Senior Member

Ingenious !!
But.
Limited ventilation. Plus the clear section would be like a hot-house in the sun.

Reminds me of the English Rover P6B sedan. All bolt together construction.
Someone thought that a bolt on ,clear roof would be just the thing on a sunny English day.
Motoring journos described it like driving around in a greenhouse.
Not many sold--back to the aluminium roof.
Sorry,I digress.

Radar · Guru

It would be very hard to use in regulated caravan parks with it's fold out sides here on the eastern seaboard of Australia.

Not a lot of user friendly ventilation either.

Being designed in the eighties and did not take off probably explains why we in Australia we would not buy them.

neilnruth · Guru

Would we have to pay for 2 sites at a CP? Not much privacy with those clear walls and methinks it would feel like a sauna in our climate.

Woolly · Senior Member

I like it
this is a quote by someone on the link -
It's not in production. And it's quite old: "De Markies (The Awning) was an entry in the Temporary Living competition 1985 and was conceived as a mobile home. On the road, it measures 2.00 m by 4.50 m, and once it has arrived at its destination its floorspace can be increased threefold in a matter of seconds. De Markies was awarded the Public Prize at the Rotterdam Design Prize 1996.

I am assuming he knows but please don't shoot me if the above is incorrect.