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NEW FLEET ADDITION - Swift Conqueror 645

10/7/2014

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Overview
With their distinctive silver sides, striking graphics and black sunroof surrounds, all based around a smart bodyshell, Swift’s Conquerors are bang up to date aesthetically. This continues inside with a good blend of traditional and modern, and you’ll have more bells and whistles than you can ring or blow. With an ATM of only 1,900kg, you still won't need a large SUV to tow this with.

Twin-axle tourers are definitely the pinnacle of touring comfort. Plenty of space gives the option for a luxurious caravan with minimal compromises. The problem is that usually that isn’t the case. A fixed bed usually means a small washroom. If you have end-washroom, the bed tends to have a cut-off and is only accessible from one side. The Swift Conqueror 645 delivers a no-compromise touring experience: the Holy Grail of an island bed with a rear washroom.
Pitching and setting up
Al-Ko running gear with an AKS 3004 stabilser, the ATC anti-snaking system, buttonless handbrake, wheel-locks, side-lift jack and spare wheel are all standard items. Access to the heavy duty corner steadies is excellent, and the rear ones have guide tubes. The huge front locker has a lid which is held up by a pair of gas struts. 

On the nearside, you’ll find a gas BBQ point, mains socket and hatches giving under-bunk access and, further back, the bed. Moving to the offside, water inlets are towards the front (including the feed for the on-board tank), and there’s a shower point, with the battery/mains locker just to the rear. The waste water outlets are behind the offside wheels. The main electrical controls are above the caravan door, so are readily accessible.

Lounge
The lounge area of the Conqueror 645 actually feels more spacious than its dimensions would suggest. This could be down to the amount of light (natural and artificial) that floods in, but whatever the reason it’s certainly a very comfortable place to entertain a couple of guests. 

The only TV point for the lounge is on the unit to the rear of the entrance door. A pair of smart roof-mounted speakers for the CD/radio directs the sound where you can hear it. When it comes to meal times, the slide-out occasional table will be adequate for most couples. That’s good because the main table is stored in the wardrobe and has to be lifted over a lip to get it out.

Kitchen
Boasting all the equipment a practised chef could ever want is probably the best way to describe the 645’s kitchen – there are even two cutlery drawers. The microwave is 1.47m from the floor, and there’s a dual-fuel hob with separate grill and oven. The huge 190-litre fridge/freezer is opposite the main kitchen unit, within easy reach. An Omnivent helps to get rid of unwanted smells, and a couple of sensibly placed mains sockets complete the specification. 

When it’s dark, the back-lit panel behind the kitchen unit creates a really pleasing ambience, especially when coupled with the plethora of other lighting. Only a real lack of work surface lets the kitchen down. A removable drainer and an extension flap help a little.

Washroom
Listening to the CD/radio through the pair of roof-mounted speakers whilst carrying out ablutions gives an indication of the opulence (and the attention to detail) of this caravan. A bi-fold door gives access to the fully lined shower cubicle that also has a useful hanging rail for wet towels and clothes. 

There are plenty of cupboards and shelves for all your toiletries and other nick-nacks. A heated towel rail provides all the heating for the washroom. It’s only large enough to dry a hand towel, and we question whether it alone will be enough to warm the room adequately; experience of this type of heating used in isolation suggests it will struggle. Plenty of artificial lighting, including a back-lit mirror, completes the washroom.

Beds
During the day, the fixed bed can be shortened by 0.19m to give better access to the washroom. That’s no bad thing, because there’s still only 0.46m in which to squeeze past. That might sound adequate, but the Alde heating system’s pipes are boxed in at floor level and eat into this space. 

When extended, the bed measures 1.85m x 1.32m and is certainly very comfortable, but that only leaves 0.27m in which to get to the toilet (and doesn’t take into account those Alde pipes or overhanging bedding). Again there’s plenty of lighting, and also shelves on which to put the morning cuppa. The front converts to a double (2.06m x 1.12m) or a pair of singles (each 1.56m x 0.71m).

Storage
If you were to use all the available storage in this caravan, it would probably collapse on its wheels – to say nothing of exceeding its MTPLM by a huge margin! This is in no way casting aspersions on Swift’s build quality, though: it's just that there are cupboards and drawers everywhere you look. 

For example, in the bed area alone, there are his’n’hers wardrobes, with drawers beneath the larger one and a shelved cupboard under the other. There are two roof-mounted lockers, and around the unit at the base of the bed there are shelves concealed behind an opening mirror, with another cupboard beneath. 

That’s without taking into account the storage available under the fixed bed. Although the front offside seat box is lost to the on-board water tank, the nearside one is completely empty.

Verdict
There’s no denying that if you were touring with this caravan, you’d certainly be doing it in style. It’s an imposing looking thing, but in a good way. However, it’s still flawed. Kitchen space is compromised perhaps a little too much given the size of van, and it’s a squeeze around the base of the bed, especially when it’s extended. On the one hand, the attention to detail is great (speakers in the washroom, anyone?), but then small things also let it down. The main table storage is poor and the lack of heating in the washroom could be inadequate. Those flaws aside, it’s still one heck of a caravan.

Read more at http://www.luxurycaravanhire.com.au/conqueror-645.html
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$1 million caravan unveiled

29/5/2014

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Carbon fibre holiday home built by NASA, F1 engineers.

Designed by a team with experience ranging from NASA and the U.S Air Force to Formula One and Indy Cars, the Global Caravan Technologies CR-1 has the potential to be the world’s most expensive caravan.

Like a cutting-edge supercar or grand prix machine, the 10.6 metre-long caravan is built from carbon-fibre, lending it immense strength and lightness.

GCT says the CR-1 weighs half as much as similar-sized conventionally built caravans and has the potential to double a tow vehicle’s fuel economy on the road.

Global Caravan Technologies chairman Harrison Ding likens the project to the Apollo 11 space program.

“As President Kennedy has said, ‘we choose to go to the moon not because it is easy but because it is hard’,” Ding says.

“If it were easy we wouldn't have needed a dedicated team of Indycar and Nascar champions, former NASA engineers, IT veterans, automotive engineers and aerospace designers.”

The Caravan was built with input from race car specialists at Dallara, which has built hundreds of race cars including machines that took victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Dallara chief executive Stefano DePonti says the CR-1 will “surely change the RV market”.

Fully equipped versions of the caravan will be loaded with glass that has adjustable tinting, satellite TV, WiFi connectivity and a solar panel power system.

Entry-level models will cost around $US170,000, while fully equipped versions are expected to cost in excess of $800,000 before taxes and shipping fees are applied.

The CR-1 is set to go on sale in the U.S next year, and may come to Australia at a later date.

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DOWNLOAD FOR FREE!!! 

26/8/2013

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The Queensland Caravan Parks Directory for 2013 features a comprehensive listing of member caravan parks across the State. Featuring simple navigation, they've brought their paper-based directory into the digital age.

They've made it simple to use, but added animation, indexes, cross-references and more*.

Best of all, every park listing and advertisement includes an online link, to make it easier to connect to more information and to book your stay.

For when you don't have internet access, they've also included 15 comprehensive RACQ maps that work while you're offline.

DOWNLOAD BEFORE YOU GO!


For Desktop, Laptop & Android Tablet users click here to 'Open' or 'Save' a copy of the interactive version of the Directory.

Note: For ultimate performance, view with Adobe Acrobat Reader

For iPads, click here to go direct to the 'Queensland Caravan Parks Directory' app download.

If you experience any problems downloading this interactive directory, please call 
The Queensland Caravan Parks Directory office on 07 3862 1833 or email them at [email protected].

*iPad app only



NATIONAL 'EXPERIENCE CARAVANNING & CAMPING' APP ALSO AVAILABLE FOR FREE!

Their National 'Experience Caravanning & Camping' app is now available also.

For iPhone/iOS - click here to download

For Andoroid - Coming Soon 

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AUSTRALIAN DELIVERED SWIFT CARAVANS

26/8/2013

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Swift understand and recognise the unique environment Australia presents to the RV industry and subsequent demands arising from this. 

Although their European Swift counterparts look very much the same, there are significant differences between “Australian Delivered” and “Standard European” production models.  

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While layouts, upholstery & colour scheme remain the same, it is beneath the skin where significant modifications are done which make all the difference.

When choosing between various RV brands, make sure to consider a Swift not only because it comes from Europe’s number 1 RV manufacturer but also because of its 6 year Australian track record in which not a single major incident with any Swift caravan was recorded. This is a testament for Swift’s quality, durability & suitability for Australia.


>> Learn more about Swift Caravans 

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