Campervan converter Autohaus goes under

Van converter Autohaus has called in the administrators after facing difficulties in the financial climate.

The Somerset company was well-known for converting its VW ‘van conversions, the latest of which, the new-look Spartan GT, was named best small campervan at the Practical Motorhome Awards 2025.

Another new model, the VW Crafter-based Camelot C600, was also highly commended in the “Best campervan for a family of 4” category. But Acare Leisure, which trades as Autohaus, called in the administrator Leonard Curtis earlier this month.

In a statement, the company said: “We have explored every avenue to continue, but sadly without any luck.”

Leonard Curtis’s Ellise Townsend has been appointed administrator.

The administrators say they will be contacting all affected suppliers and customers “shortly”.

Autohaus’s demise comes not long after another van converter went to the wall. Scottish-based CamperVanCo called in liquidators on Christmas Eve last year, only weeks after it had launched a new fully electric campervan based on a Toyota Proace that had a starting price of less than £20,000 OTR.

James Dewar and Alistair McAlinden from Interpath were appointed joint provisional liquidators of the company, which had offices in Denny in Scotland and Ely in West London. All 27 members of staff were made redundant.

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PeterBaber

Peter Baber is Reviews Editor of both Practical Motorhome and Practical Caravan. He has been reviewing motorhomes for the best part of a decade now. His first caravan reviews date back to the early 1990s when he first worked on Practical Caravan, before he embarked on a 20-year career in business journalism which saw him edit a wide variety of magazines, and launch a few too, including one that won an award. Although he enjoyed that, he always knew he wanted to come back. Peter reports on all the new models that make it to dealer forecourts each season, giving his judgement online and in magazine reviews. He has twice been shortlisted for a Caravan Writers Guild award. When he is not working, apart from going on motorhome trips himself (mostly local to where he lives in West Yorkshire, but also last year right across France) he likes trying to write novels, cooking, throwing the odd pot, and has just taken up tennis.