microRV

Following more than a decade of impressive work creating small camper vans for the Korean market, Unicamp has been quickly building up a US presence with a growing lineup of affordable minivan pop-tops. Last year, it entered the market with the Kia Carnival pop-top, launched in collaboration with Las Vegas-area dealership Caleche Customs, and now the two introduce the even more versatile Toyota Sienna pop-up camper, an affordable sleeper van solution with an economical hybrid powertrain and available all-wheel drive ...…

What once looked like it might be a wildly creative design project with questionable marketability has officially spawned a product family. The original Z-Triton amphibious etrike camper eventually launched and became the BeTriton in 2022. Realizing that some potential customers might prefer a more flexible multi-use solution than a full-time etrike/camper/electric boat, BeTriton has now introduced a trailer version of its original boat-camper that adventurous cyclists can tow with their own electric bicycles. While…

Many small camper vans are built to double as everyday three-row MPVs complete with seven or eight seats. Typically such camper vans require removing or installing seats and other equipment when switching between camping and daily driving modes. A new Toyota HiAce camper van from Japanese aftermarket parts and conversion shop UI Vehicle makes it even easier, switching modes in seconds without the need to remove or install a single piece of equipment. It's both a full-time camper van and a full-time passenger van, with…

Hitting a new lightweight benchmark for a fully enclosed pickup camper, RoverKing is looking to turn some of the market's most off-road-capable midsize trucks – à la Jeep Gladiators, Toyota Tacomas and Chevy Colorados – into all-out go-anywhere 4x4 micro-RVs. The Canadian startup thinks of its Capra camper like a backpack for your truck, and at under 700 lb, we'd call it the equivalent of a sub-pound Dyneema backpack stuffed with equally ultralight camping gear. It's never easy building a complete pickup camper around the…