Ford has partnered with camper outfit Livin Lite to be the only automaker with OEM mobile home conversions on their trucks. You’ll also be able to get Ford-branded trailers by the time these hit lots in 2016.
Specifically Ford and Livin Lite are offering slide-in campers for their 6’ and 8’ beds, camper trailers and toy haulers (camper trailers with built-in ATV garage) in 22’ and 24’ lengths. Even longer fifth-wheel trailers and smaller pop-up campers are also in the pipeline.
Ford Licensing manager Mark Bentley offered some generic insight in a press release; “...great for our adventurous customers.”
The Livin Lite trailers are made of aluminum, so they’re on-brand with Ford’s current truck marketing. But they’re also up-market, check out that fine-ass wood paneling!
Ford Truck Design partnered with Livin Lite on this lineup and spent 15 months giving it a style unique to Ford. I mean, at least as “unique” as a non-Airstream camper trailer can look.
The nose and front window are supposed to be F-Seriesesque, and the trailers will get Ford-style wheels. For those who miss those subtleties, you’ll get a nice big FORD oval slapped on the side and stitched into the seats.
Prices have not been announced, but Livin Lite’s equipment is not cheap. You’re probably spending $35,000 or more on one of their medium-sized trailers, so I’d expect the prices on these Ford products to go up from there.
You can see specifics on the new Ford campers at, you guessed it, , which has floor plans and complete options lists.
This isn’t the first time a company has partnered with a camper manufacturer; Livin Lite has a similar deal with Polaris to build unique ATV trailers right now.
And of course a few automakers have tried their own car-based campers. Remember the ? Or I guess the Volkswagen Westfalia might be slightly better known.
Would you be interested in a trailer can you can tack onto your truck straight out of the dealership?
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