Why this Campervan Market is BOOMING right now

Today I talk to Cooler Commercials about the Used campervan market. Has this end of the market crashed or is there actually a surge in people buying these campervans?
We discuss the Ford Volkswagen Alliance with the New Transporter and Ford Transit Custom.
We talk about a rare model, petrol vans, converting an electric ABT Transporter to something else, an alternative engine, plus lots more.

These vans are much more budget friendly that the vans we will see at the NEC Campervan and Motorhome show in a few weeks and could give you the van life lifestyle you may dream of

Discussing the Used Campervan market, the Future and a Rare Van
A surge in sales of USED campervans? The market hasn’t crashed in this sector?

These prices seem too good to be true
BIG Surge in the Campervan Market, the Future and a Rare Van
Why this Campervan Market is BOOMING right now

Use Code STAYCATIONLIFESTYLE for discount

00:00 - Conversation with Cooler Commercials about the Used Campervan, Rare Vans and the Future
01:52 - Prices Seem Too Good to be True - Are they a Scam? No "Scene Tax" Added
03:30 - Where do the good deals come from? A vehicle Sourcing service is available. Wherever the van is, they will collect it
05:21 - Volkswagen is in the blood. It's what they are good at, especially VW Transporters - Bigger vans are of growing interest at the moment - Dedicated Leisure Vehicles
08:50 - Residual Values of Campervan Brands
10:02 - How is the current Campervan Market?
11:54 - Increasing the Value of a Van - A Safe buy?
15:00 - Even if you can only afford a "shed" You can start Van Life
15:28 - Let's not talk Electric Vehicles. What about this idea for an ABT e transporter
18:02 - The VW Transporter Petrol Van - The TSi engine - Over 300 bhp
20:23 - Super Rare Van
22:03 - We discuss the VW Ford Alliance - The New Transporter and Ford Transit Custom - Evolution or Revolution
26:04 - Wet Belt engine, surely any issues have been addressed?
27:30 - I Love the New VW California Ocean - Converters aren't building on the Multivan platform
28:07 - "Second Hand Volkswagen Transporter an investment for the future"

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Whether you have a T5, VW T5.1, T6, T6.1 or even an older T2, T2.5, T4, the VW Vanlife scene is amazing, with so much help and assistance available for whatever project you wish to attempt. Panel van, Kombi, Converted Camper or VW California Beach or Ocean, enjoy the freedom van life brings.

The @Staycation Lifestyle van conversion is coming along

Thanks must go to the following:
Transporter HQ for my tailgate struts

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Discussing the Affordable Campervan market, the Future and a Rare Van
cost of living crisis
campervan crash
Used campervan market

Used van market
Surge in older van sales
Prices so good they seem too good to be true
Scene tax
Source vans to customers requirements
People looking at bigger campers like vw crafter
Dedicated leisure vehicle
Residual values
How is the used van market
How is the used campervan market
Buying a used campervan
Buying a used vw transporter
More affordable campervan
Electric transporter conversion
Talking petrol transporters
Tsi vw transporter
Discussing the new transporter
Ford Volkswagen alliance
Transitporter
Ford Transit
Wetbelt engine
VW California
VW California Ocean
Second hand values
Second hand vw transporters
Budget campervan conversion
Budget campervan
Cheap campervan
Affordable campervan
Cheapest campervans
Price sensitive buyers

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[Cestmoi-qd]

One of the few salesman who are customer focussed rather than money driven.
Bloody nice bloke and as honest as they come. Glad he’s got the exposure he deserves 💪🏻🙏🏻

[TheInkmonkey]

I got my T6 from Cooler Commercials. Steve spent a long time with me establishing just what I wanted. The van he sourced for me was then converted by Templer Way Campers. I am very happy with my van and delighted with the conversion done by Templer Way

[janl]

Interesting video, which I have shared with a friend who could be in that market. Thank you to both Steves!

[andykonkol]

my VW T5 is a 2009 2.5BNZ and my advice is to make sure all seals and pumps are working correctly as it will cost a fortune to fix

[diwarburton]

Very interesting. It bears out what I have been thinking in that my T6 is a good investment.

[lovevans]

😮 That would be different. Totally Unique 🎉

[colinlee]

Really enjoyed this chat. Definitely my dream van the old tsi with a tailgate 😚😚

[shanewaller]

Hi steve as you know I've got a 2022 204 dsg highline lwb kombi camper, admittedly I've spent an absolute fortune on and by the end of next month I will have spent another 10k on it since we last spoke . I know.i have a lot of money invested in it and should hold its value reasonable well but for me it's about having the best vehicle possible and that certainly is the transporter

[_bav]

The big difference between the Galaxy/Sharan/Alhambra collaboration and the Transit/Transporter collaboration is that, with the former, VAG and Ford didn't share the same engines, whereas with the latter, they will. This will be a MAJOR headache for VW as there will be ZERO justification for paying the "VW premium" - wet-belt issues or not.

[stevepreston]

Bought my VW Transporter Shuttle 130 T5 from the main dealer in 2004 for the discounted price of £17500+vat ran it for 25 years and got my money back. When I look at the price of them now, All I see is a world gone mad. 60, 70 £80k ffs.
That buys a hell of a lot of holidays in the UK and abroad in Hotels including breakfast or half board.
They're crap to sleep in and aren't fitted with toilets or showers, and thats why they are loads for sale up and down the country.

[ScoTreVan]

I bought my T6 LWB 2019 last year and probably paid too much, but as the man said swings and roundabouts, so if I buy my next (which will be VW) it'll hopefully balance itself out, and you never know if I decide to go for the T6.1 I won't feel too much of a depreciation, but we know it's all about the VW vibe as mentioned below, it's something special. Had someone buy my bike rack off me this morning, they had a 2017 T6 LWB and although you could say mine looks posher, I loved looking at their van, it's that special appreciation thing between VW owners, there's honestly no snobbery, well not from me anyway.

[duncangibson]

Really liked this video - first watch but what guff about 6m Crafters and narrow lanes! I’ve got a 6m TGE and use it as a daily. I’ve had 7t, 9m motorhomes in the past. Clearly not a daily but remember there are delivery drivers running around in much bigger vans all over the country without issue. Why should camper vans be any different?

[RacingSlow]

I think VW have really stuffed it with the new shape. I hope this makes other brands more popular to the point where they are looked down upon by the VW owners. Given that they are all basically the same anyway, I’m surprised more people are not going for the cheaper brands.

[robww]

Interested about your upcoming video on bigger sized vans. After a trip round Spain and Portugal....the number of transporter sized vans was minimal. Everyone there was in larger platform vans. Generally Ducatos. To me the uk is moving there too with crafter / MAN. I wonder how big the market for traditional transporter campers really is in Europe for VW. Could this be the larger market for them, not the UK transporter uk scene which they are less worried about

[pauldupre]

Well I never, this place is literally just up the road from me, never knew they were there! I'm gonna pay them a visit!
#classicvehiclesdevon

[johnpauljones]

This is more like it.... this is where the majority of people are. not 60... 70... grand...

[adamthompson]

You had me until you talked about putting a petrol engine in an electric van! At least do it to something that's actually slow like the 84bhp. Anyway, dIesels rules always bcos by the time it could better diesel in any way 2 other alternatives would be out by then..

[TheFlaneur-upft]

I see the T6.1 is discontinued because of all the data VW were collecting from the drivers and selling it to the insurers and anyone else who wanted it.

[stevenhull]

I have more than 40 grand to spend, BUT on a van??? In my life time I have had three cars, each one ending its life in the grubby hands of a scrap merchant. Like any vehicle a camper van will eventually become worthless, riddled with rust, dents and accumulate countless MOT advisories. Once you add camp site fees, insurance, habitation checks, storage, fuel and servicing it does not need a mathematician to tell you your wallet will soon be empty. Not for me thanks. I will stay in a cosy bed and breakfast without the worry of a leisure battery dying on me during a freezing cold night.

[JuliusCesar-fymk]

When I look on the current prices, the prices are going down. My T6.1 Camper 2023 costs over 120.000 EUR, this you will not find on the market anymore. But what in my opinion is pushing the market - it is the fear of the EU climate crazyness. Today a VW T6.1 (not produced anymore) has to pay 8.600 CO2-fine to the EU, plus CO2 additional taxes on petrol and car-tax. So many people in Europe are fearing that in the next years they cannot afford any travel-car, thus they pay weird prices on what they find on the market.