RV REVIEW

EXCLUSIVE IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE ASCOT 640 !

Twenty years ago , Concept Caravans was established . The company ’ s first model : the Ascot . It was a blacktop touring caravan made from meranti timber and ribbed aluminium cladding . It was 2004 , so meranti was also used to frame the internal cabinetry – CNC-cut furniture was still seven or eight years away .

Cut to late 2024 . Concept celebrated its 20th anniversary , and what better time to launch a significantly revised Ascot that still honours that model ’ s origins ? The 2025 Concept Ascot 640 with Cafe Dinette layout perhaps heralds a new era for Concept Caravans , a manufacturer that has always used meranti timber as its framing material of choice .

But now , Concept Caravans has adopted 42x19mm lengths of polyurethane to replace the meranti that it has always used , and this 2025 Ascot was the first model in this manufacturer ’ s significant range to be built with it . I was given an exclusive first-look at a prototype of both the new Ascot and the polyurethane used for its frame .

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