COMMERCIAL VEHICLE IMPORTER DFSK UK showcased its first microcamper,

an elevating roof model called the Cutie, at the 2013  Spring Caravan & Camping Show, 19-24 February, 2013 at the Birmingham NEC. You may have seen it for yourself on DFSK stand 4444, Hall 4.


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Though tiny, the Cutie has room for a Porta-Potti and a coolbox


Swindon-based DFSK UK is an official agent for DFSK, China’s third

largest automotive manufacturer. Initially DFSK UK only retailed DFSK’s

Loadhopper commercial vehicle in various body styles, but at last October’s

Motorhome & Caravan Show the firm displayed two prototype campers, one with

an elevating roof and another with a high top, to gauge customers’

interest.

 

 

The company has since settled on a two-berth elevating roof design, with

a compact amidships kitchen and side-facing lounge seating in the rear,

alongside a storage unit. Despite the 3.8-metre long base vehicle, which is

about comparable in size to a Suzuki Carry, DFSK UK has managed to work in a

coolbox and space for an optional Porta-Potti.

 

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For just over £21,000, you get a very neat little micro-camper you can use daily


CONVERTED IN THE UK

While the base vehicles are

manufactured in China, the camper conversions are carried out in Southampton.


Thanks to the relatively low cost of the base vehicle, the Cutie retails

for £19,995 OTR, although the elevating roof is a £1194 option.


The Cutie

boasts around 200kg of user payload, as well as a 77bhp 1.3-litre petrol

engine that should be more than potent enough to cope with its maximum weight

of 1573kg. The engine does produce 184g/km of CO2, though, meaning that it will

fall into the relatively expensive £215 per annum vehicle tax bracket, with a

first-year rate of £325.


DFSK UK has already started taking orders for the Cutie, and will be

retailing it through some of its existing commercial vehicle dealers, who have

experience with leisure vehicle sales, as well as through specialist motorhome

dealers.

 

For more information visit DFSK UK.

 

Jeremiah Mahadevan, Practical Motorhome’s Test Editor

Reporting from Birmingham’s NEC at the Spring Caravan & Camping Show: 19-24 February, 2013