October NEC - what were your best bits?
44 replies
JVB66 replied on 18/10/2016 12:08
DSB replied on 18/10/2016 12:27
SteveL replied on 18/10/2016 12:43
young thomas replied on 18/10/2016 12:58
Posted on 18/10/2016 12:58
Morello Empire....though a tad too large....
the Carthago stand, consistently high std models across the range...
the Swift 'lifestyle-type' caravan.....and the one built by Adria...
the IH motorhome stand, but way too expensive for a PVC...
the Westfalia stand.....in the PVC arena, definitely 'how to do it'
the small Pilote 600L, quart in a pint pot (A class, drop down bed)
the small Rapido 600, another quart in a pint pot (low profile coachbuilt, drop down bed)
the three A class Mobilvetta TeknoYacht models on the Marquis stand, stonking value at a smidge under £65k
the Hymer Nova caravan we stumbled across while looking at the Hymer MHs.
yes, some pretty good stuff about....but didn't visit any major UK stands (swift, bailey, autotrail) as had seen their 2017 models and nothing was that inspiring...
ABM replied on 18/10/2016 14:30
Posted on 18/10/2016 14:30
Had a very average show in truth -- didn't see anybody I knew, not even a corner of the C.C. Stand for C.T. to congregate. The two good bits of this Curate's Egg were ;-- seeing the delightful young Meeks on the Q & A session with Mr Allwright, and , of course, the Snowdonia Cheese Stalls !
At least I got to save a bundle by only buying one D & C !!
Brian A B M
Wherenext replied on 18/10/2016 15:01
Posted on 18/10/2016 15:01
Best bit was finding out that we didn't have to change vans as ours is more preferable (to us) than those models that we saw at the show.
Did like the Vantage EOS motorhome at £55,000+. Might have to consider a relatively small motorhome in the future if we want to stay with small outfits so we had a stroll around the M/Hs. At least there was more choice for us there.
The caravans on show were a big (in every way) disappointment for us.
JayEss replied on 18/10/2016 15:17
Posted on 18/10/2016 15:17
I was happy to see an increasing number of innovative caravan designs within a small floorplan although apart from the Swift Basecamp most of them were of non-uk origin.
It was a shame that the caravan section was dominated by the big uk manufacturers and caravans from other countries and smaller concerns were dotted around the various halls.
I thought there were fewer accessory stalls and fewer quirky stalls this year.
JVB66 replied on 18/10/2016 15:36
ABM replied on 18/10/2016 16:53
replied on 19/10/2016 12:02
Posted on 19/10/2016 12:02
As in previous years there is the ever increasing number of fixed bed caravans aimed at the older market shall we say.
As a father of growing children I have realised that there are no layouts from the usual manufacturers for the growing family i.e teenagers which are too tall for the fixed bunks which we have at the moment
Family layouts at the moment are for the smaller children and I believe that this gap needs to be filled.
RochelleCC