WHO IS ELDDIS?

Purchased by the Germans in early 2017, the parent company of Elddis (formerly the Explorer Group) is now Erwin Hymer Group UK. Based in Consett, County Durham, the company has been building mostly budgetpriced coachbuilt motorhomes since the mid 1980s and, along the way, has swallowed up the Autohomes, Buccaneer and Compass marques – with the last of those being reintroduced in 2019. The Elddis back catalogue includes van conversions and even A-classes, but much of its output today is sold as dealer special editions.

The standard Elddis range comprises four van conversions based on the Fiat Ducato, while the rest of the line-up is all low-profile coachbuilts – Accordo and Autoquest on Peugeot and upmarket Encore on Fiat.