well, that would be the end of the thread, as there's so far only the Caddy as you mentioned (which is a joke) and the MP. Maybe the Nugget city.
I would consider a LWB California the best competitor to the California.
I think the post was started as more of a tongue in cheek sort of thing, to show off the unusual beasts out there.
It does exist already for a long time, it is named Westfalia Joker....although it may have "fragmented" storage...
But no "double" glazed windows in the lounging area, no standard heating, no double sided aluminum storage lockers, 2 sliding doors only if you choose that for the donating transporter which is extra, no sound isolation, cracking and rattling noises from the cupboards on other than high way roads just to name a few differences. To be clear, I compare the Tone with a T5SE or T6 Ocean...because with the necessary options it comes almost to the same price (with a new T6 donation ((LWB) transporter van) in the Netherlands. In our country a campervan needs to have certain options like a mounted cooking possibility (kitchenette) of 60 cm's hight, a washing/water base etc. to be administered as a camper(van).
That story has gone awfully quiet, so who knows.
Before getting the Cali, we had a look at Westfalia Kepler One and Joker City and Hightop.
I love the Kepler One too, but I can't understand why they didn't store two chairs for outdoors on the tailgate like the Cali. Maybe VW has still a patent on it ? Also a table for outdoors is missing, as in the sliding door there is the inside table, which has no legs.
This is why I can never understand why VW didn't continue with the Exclusive, it does all the points above with ease. I've found compared to my pop top VW the storage is so much bigger and more easily accessible, so I don't have to go "in the boot' and large items such as the Awning (which I need less and less with the longer better laid out van), matt etc are stored behind a locked toilet door when travelling at the rear of the van. Bedding can all be stored on the top bed with ease (for 4 people), Chairs etc all under the main seat, ramps in the rear garage locker... And then I can stand up still and make a cuppa with all beds in place..whilst having access to everything at eye level and having the worktop at the correct standing height, rather than stooped over...oh and 6'7" of standing room front to back.
All your points are valid, but the key point here for a "Cali killer" is remaining below 2m high...
The 2m barrier becomes a big issue when using the campervan also as an everyday car. Which is what makes the Cali so versatile.
Who says?
Does look a great Vehicle, the Transit being a little wider makes one hell of a difference in terms of feel..space wise, feels like a van size up.
I don't think that the 2m high is one factor of many. I think it is its Unique Selling Point. True the OP referenced a bigger van, but the thread has in 3,5years also evolved.
If they put this on a Cali, I think it will become a Cali Killer. This makes for so much more usable space. Combine taht will a LWB and we may have a Cali Killer.
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