If your camping requirements are different from other adventurers, and your camper van is just not cutting the bill. Yet, you don’t wish to make a van trade-off, the Cubivan Camping System, which recently made its debut at the Düsseldorf Caravan Salon, is what you should be looking to get. With this hard conversion system, you are not getting a modular camper kit that’s flexible and flimsy, you get a hard conversion setup that pulls out of the back of the van and lets you set up a complete camp in a jiffy.
Offering a kitchen, wet bathroom, and a rooftop bedroom, the Cubivan Camping system is above and beyond the competition by a fair margin. Of course, the way the Cubivan system slides out of the back of the van is not much different from any other rear-integrated camper van expansion unit, but it’s what this foldable cube wonder unfolds into that really makes the difference.
Designer: Cubivan
The solid foldable camper box, in addition to sliding out of the back of the van, expands down to the ground to provide a stable system that you can use conveniently from the inside. For this, when the Cubivan Camping system is pulled out completely at the camp, its separate upper and lower modules can be expanded to create a clear standing height of about 6.2 feet. The space opens up to accommodate a kitchen and a wet bathroom and comes with a hard-sided rooftop sleeping area that extends out onto the van roof.
The kitchen falls into place by rotating back inwards to the van cabin and sits flush against the side wall. The slide-out toilet compartment is located in the lower cabinet just alongside. The kitchen comprises a stove, sink, and a fridge in a designated slot situated adjacent to the kitchen. When the kitchen jags pack into the cab next to the fridge, it opens up 35 x 37-in floor space for the portable toilet and the shower.
The most interesting aspect of the Cubivan Camping System still is the sleeping accommodations, which are not formed inside the cabin after pulling the slide-out setup, but instead have been moved onto the roof. A separate hard-shell module makes a 79 x 79-inch sleeping space, which when you are back in ride mode, folds flat down within the permissible roof height of the van, since it replaces the stock van roof. When you’re at the camp again, install it and the four-walled sleeping accommodation is ready to cuddle you under the stars.
The interesting hard-sided van conversion setup from Cubivan is made to be compatible with Volkswagen ID. Buzz, Ford Tourneo Custom, Volkswagen Caravelle, and Mercedes Vito. It is likely to launch in 2027 starting at €22,000 (approximately $25,550).
