Camping is the ideal form of travel for a hyper-spontaneous society that wants safety and comfort. Companies like Knaus Tabbert are earning handsomely from the trend. But what happens after the combustion engine is gone?
It is often said that the most important thing comes last, but it is seldom as true as it is here. The children’s beds are already there, a bench can be seen, as well as a sink, and if you look closely you will discover a large slab on wheels underneath. But then the walls come down, including windows, seals, shutters. A few more screws and then in the last third of the 208 meter long factory line there is what was more obvious than visible at first: a mobile home. To be more precise: the Weinsberg Caracompact Edition Pepper. Or as they put it here in the hall: “a bestseller”. The vehicle was planned as a special model in 2016, but due to its great success it is still being produced. Around 2000 pieces rolled out of the hall last year alone. Chances are that thousands more will be built in the coming years. Because here, in Jandelsbrunn near the Czech border, holiday dreams are literally being produced non-stop – if another crisis doesn’t stop the line and make dreams burst.