Weekly Digest
EU Directive 2025/2205 will let category B holders drive a motorhome up to 4,250 kg after seven hours of training. Also: 41 fines of 30,000 euros on Ibiza.
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Xiaomi has launched an SUV in China with a factory pop-up sleeping roof for 299,900 yuan. Also: a Scarborough overnight ban and Armagnac month in Landes.
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Stellantis unveiled a 160 hp diesel for the Ducato, Boxer, Jumper and Movano. Also: Castellón granted 395,941 euros for motorhome pitches in 16 villages.
The Canary Islands close down free camping and cap overnight stays at 72 hours. Also: campers from ten brands recalled over the ISOFIX mounting.
Motorhome sales in Germany are falling for a third year, and rental firm Vanever has gone bankrupt. Also: a new disposal point on Tenerife.
Volkswagen unveiled the ID. California Cruise electric camper concept: 86 kWh and 455 km of range, production by 2028. Plus: Chamonix bans overnight stays.
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In China, car camping cut hotel revenue by 8.2%. Also: the Nissan Interstar-e Relax electric camper at €89,900 and an overnight ban in Llandudno.
New camper registrations in South Korea fell 81% after the Kia PV5 arrived. Also: 1,000 illegal campers on Bulgaria's Karadere beach.
From October Spain bans blocking motorhome parking, but the Canaries tighten site rules. Also: Honda Trail Master and Turkey's caravan boom.
On 27 July Germany checks motorhomes and trailers on the A31 and A30. Also: a diesel tax in Finland has left motorhomes parked up for most of the year.
Xiaomi launches the SkyNomad brand and enters the camper market. Plus new models at the Tokyo Camping Car Show and 80% of Turkey's caravan makers closing.
The EU's GSR II makes new motorhomes €1000–3000 pricier from July 7. Plus: cool-Scandinavia campsite demand up 68% and caravans off Malaga's beaches.
China rolled out 17 measures for the motorhome and camping market across 40 cities. Plus: from July 7 the EU makes assistance systems mandatory on new vehicles.
Britain's £2 nightly levy could raise budget caravan holiday costs by 66–100%; Croatia and Italy also lead the week.
Greece clarified motorhome parking rules ahead of the season. Also: shock protection required in the US from 2028, and Argyll Holidays bankruptcy.
Spain now requires camper vans over 10 years old to be tested twice a year. Plus: 644 overnight parks in Japan and a wave of illegal stopovers in France.
Spain now requires campers over 10 years old to pass a roadworthiness test every six months. Plus: a Kia and LG electric camper and three new campsites in Korea.
Sun Communities sells UK chain Park Holidays for $1bn. Plus: 4 ADAC routes through Hesse, barriers in Alghero, Singapore family heads to Turkey.
Volkswagen brought the ID. Buzz back to the United States — complete with a mattress and curtains. A wildfire in Arizona burned down a dozen motorhomes, and Lake Tekir in Turkey flooded just as many. While Ibiza fines illegal campers up to €30,000, a retired couple from Mallorca has been living in 10 m² for five years and saving €1,400 a month. Plus: the largest campsite in the US at 607 pitches, a closed naturist beach on the North Sea, and Dolby Atmos in a trailer — all in this edition.
After almost 70 years, Bürstner has stopped making caravans — and nobody was particularly surprised once sales had fallen by a third. Sweden registered 62% more motorhomes and is preparing to let them drive faster. Chet Hanks moved into a retirees' trailer park in Nashville — for the country music career, not the savings. Plus a Korean workation site for 100 motorhomes, an unmanned trailer hotel on Hokkaido, and a gyrocopter pilot who landed on a highway and clipped an oncoming motorhome — all in this issue.