IS THIS REALLY A WINDSOR?
If you were to write a list of Australia’s oldest
caravan names, the most revered amongst
caravan enthusiasts, I’d bet London to brick
that Windsor Caravans would be on it, such
is the heritage behind this famous brand.
Going back decades, Windsor has had
numerous owners. The current, and hopefully
last, owner is Apollo RV, which bought the
brand from Western Australia-based
Fleetwood at the same time it acquired
Coromal Caravans from the same company.
Though it’s been over 12 months in
development, Apollo only released the new
line-up of Windsors a couple of months ago,
debuting the range at the Victorian Caravan
and Camping Supershow.
The Windsors, leveraging Apollo’s nous in
fibreglass sandwich panel construction – as
seen in the Coromal range – are designed to
compete with the ‘stick and tin’ caravans
available in the $55,000 to $70,000 price
category.
GENESIS CONSTRUCTION
Our review Windsor Genesis 196RD (Rear
Door) is built with 28mm-thick fibreglass
sandwich panels for the walls, floor and roof.
Aluminium extrusion is used to lock each
panel together.
Although it’s not an offroad van per se, this
tandem-axle van rides on Dual Al-Ko
Independent Rubber Suspension. And, happily,
I found it to be an absolute dream to tow.
THE NEW WINDSORS ARE
DESIGNED TO COMPETE WITH
“'STICK AND TIN' CARAVANS