Visit to Düsseldorf motorhome show 2019

Hotel California · Sep 7, 2019

On our way home from the Denmark trip /Bornholm meet

Denmark trip 2019 / meet in Bornholm

On sunday the 18/8 we headed of for three weeks away from home , we are heading up north to take part the 2019 Bornholm meet in Denmark set up by @Kmann . More info here: https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/threads/now-this-dates-for-the-2019-meet-in-denmark-are-now-official.28684/...

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We visited the Düsseldorf show to see the T6.1 California but also been checking out other options beside a California .
It was my first visit to a big motorhome show (Brussels show is not that big) so i've seen lots of things i liked.
There's much more on the market then just our Cali's , some even as good for less money i think.
If you look what you can get for under 50.000€ in a buscamper i might just go for one of those when the Cali-lifestyle does not suits me anymore (climbing upstaires , need better wash-up facylities,...)

There was a very good looking Fiat full campervan that i found very nice

This Fiat also caught my eye

Some other T6 conversions

This Renault also looked ok

These pick-up style vans you also get to see a lot on the show

The new California version does look great with some nice new features but i can perfect live without those new things and keep my 2012 SE

The salesmen at VW where not all that good in answering my questions , asked 3 of them and eighter had worked with the new control panel or even driven one...
Talked also with the Dutch salesmen from VW Camper Centrum Amersfoort witch gave us the free entrance tickes and he said that orders are comming in fast . Delivery not until spring 2020.
New colors look great on the warderobe , the lounge bed is a nice thing also i think this could get fitted in older models with some adaption .
The new wheels looked ok to me , not that fan of pimping my ride but they look nice .
Some new paintcolors that where on display was a nice (retro) Bay Leaf Green , two-tone Copper Bronze .
Also one Grand California on display (600model) and it also had quite some attention from the public.
We had a good 5 hours walk arround , not intrested in big whites or caravans .
Few times we stick our head in a few bigger models and they all look nice but not something we would buy ever , also those prices...?

If we change from a Cali it would be Van-style or maybe one of those 4x4 models as they look so cool also .

While camping in Berlin last week there was a Iveco Bimobil parked up

Denmark trip 2019 / meet in Bornholm

Been in Kopenhagen city yesterday , from the campsite 15min walk and got on to the S-banh /train direct to center . Using a Kopenhagen Card all acces to public transport and many museums/atrractions. Walked about 20km and enjoyed a 1h bootride on the canals/harbor witch is a must do imo. The...

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At the show we saw the price ....225.000€

Hotel California · Sep 7, 2019

Some pic's i took at VW , but there's been other threads and movies arround on the forum so nothing new to you all i guess....

Hotel California · Sep 7, 2019

The T6.1 Beach now comes in two versions :
The Beach Camper , with the bespoke mini-kitchen
The Beach Tour , witch had two sliding doors (no mini-kitchen)
Both have thesame controlpanel as the Coast/Ocean and can be orderd with a hydrolic roof also from now on .

Alltough there was damage allready on the demo-model , the screws are scraping the trim when folding the kitchen-unit in/out.
We saw a saleslady who tryed to fold it in and took her 5min as it was uneven levelled and it took her quite a few attemps to fold it away.

Hotel California · Sep 7, 2019

The Coast/Oceans new interieur colors looking very nice , the new style handles and sliding doors in the rear could be a better thing then the slats we have in the older Cali.

Personal i'm in favor for the Light Oak color instead of the Graphite Grey
The roof canvas comes in three colors : strawberry red and glacier blue witch there was before but i think the grey is much darker and now called basalt grey.

Hotel California · Sep 7, 2019

The lounge-bed is a nice feature alltough i think when there's lots of stuff on the rear shelf its not that convenient to put it in angle before relocating stuff.
It does is very easy to handle/put up and i think it could be fitted aftermarket in older models.

Hotel California · Sep 7, 2019

The controlpanel got changed in a touchscreen.....with turning knob :headbang

I see thesame problems with the knob failing in time as we have now so to me not all that clever thinking from VW .

Hotel California · Sep 7, 2019

Now something more nicer we saw ....
The Hymer concept car .

Hotel California · Sep 7, 2019

We waited about 20min in the line to get inside and a salesman gave us a tour .
He explained some things as almost every used material is recycled or recyclabe .
Bamboo wood tables and stairs , vilt on the walls , recycled plastic from pet-bottles .
The black trim outside (bumpers,...) are 3D printed and the bodywork itself is a material disigned by BASF and has high resistance to heat .
Inside it all looks very well disigned even for a concept car , i can remember very well the first time we got in the Grand California conceptcar at Brussels fair it was not that solid as thisone.
The pop-top alltough is a downside imo. They should do a downstaires bed when it go in to production.
All electric features in the camper are controlled by a tablet .