The 2027 Veteran 350 Is a Beefy Offroad Journey Trailer Built Totally different, and It Reveals

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For the previous couple of years, a number of of the most important Chinese RV manufacturers have been testing the waters for a future try at breaking onto the European market. Said testing passed off on the Dusseldorf Caravan Salon, the most important commerce occasion on the continent – and it continues there for the 2026 version.

Lidu RV, an offshoot of Zybody Automotive, which has been supplying aluminum physique parts for the likes of Toyota, Jaguar Land Rover, and Tesla, is considered one of these corporations making an attempt to get a foothold on the RV market in Europe. The plan is to import right here three of the most well-liked journey trailers which might be additionally obtainable in China, in partnership with Netherlands-based StarLight B.V. (Starlight Caravans).

We’ve been overlaying these trailers since their debut at Dusseldorf two years in the past. They’re the Aquila 360, the Cube 800, and the Veteran 350, every designed to cater to a unique sort of traveler: the discerning weekend warrior, the household sort or the couple who will not compromise on something, and the adventurer who yearns to move off the overwhelmed observe, respectively.

All three are stunning and totally different from European-made RVs of their class, each in building and gear. All three are nonetheless much like the unique Chinese mannequin however, with their look on the 2026 version of the Salon, higher attuned to the market they’re making an attempt to interrupt onto.

Photo: StarLigt BV/Lidu RV

Case in level, the Veteran 350, the beefy offroader that’s handsome and competent in equal measure.

This one truly debuted final yr, so it is the freshest addition to this European growth plan. Currently within the ultimate section of European TUV/WVTA homologation, alongside its different two siblings, it is stays unchanged from final yr’s version in all of the ways in which matter however is improved within the particulars.

The 2027 comes with a full record of specs, the place the earlier one solely had a lot of the options of the unique Chinese model. There continues to be no manufacturing timeline for it, as a result of Starlight is simply now beginning to work on constructing a European supplier community, however the hope is for an 8 to 16-week supply time as soon as the order is finalized. Obviously, the supplier community can have been in place by then.

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Built on a self-developed high-strength hot-forming offroad chassis with unbiased KNOTT suspension, overrun brake, and aluminum rims, the physique is made from vehicle-grade high-strength aluminum metal. The Veteran 350 is constructed to automotive requirements, which might translate right into a safer and extra sturdy and reliant towable.

It additionally comes with polyurethane insulation and is rated as a year-rounder. Equipped with frameless tinted home windows and automotive-style doorways in the direction of the entrance, it is designed to supply primary performance and a bit one thing additional, although not essentially when it comes to consolation.

Despite the beefy measurement, this trailer is designed on goal with out kitchen and loo amenities, leaving both or each as much as the consumer. Instead, it has a rear trunk with a 500-liter (17.6 cu-ft) quantity capability that may be styled as a conventional tailgate kitchen, because it was within the show unit, and a 300-liter (10.6 cu-ft) field on the entrance for much more storage.

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Seeing the way you additionally get ample space for storing inside and on the roof, it is clear that the rear compartment is supposed for a kitchen, simply not on that you simply get from the manufacturing unit. Based on images from this yr’s occasion, you continue to have house for a big griddle in there and a cooler field, in addition to additional provisions.

Speaking of the beefiness of the trailer, precise measurement is listed as 5.05 meters (16.5 toes) in size, 2.28 meters (7.4 toes) in width, and a couple of.03 meters (6.6 toes) in peak, which suggests you get a good quantity of sitting headroom inside.

Inside, you get one other storage unit proper on the entrance, with a few flip-down tables, netted cubbies, and further counter house for private gadgets, and a king mattress that may fold up into a settee in daytime mode so you continue to have loads of legroom. On both facet of the mattress, you could have slim counters for extra storage, and extra netted pockets on the wall.

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For 2027, the Veteran 350 comes with customary guide blackouts and customary glass. The options that wowed guests final yr – the electrical blinds and the electrochromic glass home windows – at the moment are listed as choices.

Also customary is a 100Ah lithium battery, which you’ll be able to improve to 314Ah, and a 2000W inverter. LED lights, energy and USB retailers, and an inside type that completely matches the surly but nonetheless elegant exterior are additionally customary.

Options embrace nook stabilizers, greater tires, an outside instrument equipment, exterior pegboards, an exterior bathe tent, a 26-liter (6.8-gallon) water container for the bathe, and a photo voltaic panel on the roof.

Photo: StarLigt BV/Lidu RV

Empty weight is listed at 730 kg (1,609 lbs), so you are still taking a look at an journey trailer that is still extremely towable and handy to make use of. Then once more, European towing automobiles are significantly smaller than U.S. counterparts, so a decrease weight is to be anticipated.

The unit dropped at the 2026 Dusseldorf present had a sticker value of €23,900, which is roughly $27,800 on the present change fee and truly cheaper than the beginning value predicted final yr, of €25,000 ($29,000).

Photo: StarLigt BV/Lidu RV

I could not discover any video excursions of the brand new, Europe-ready Adventure 350 unit, so the images within the gallery should do for now. Below is final yr’s model, so you may evaluate between the 2.