Another tough truck motorhome breaks cover
Queensland's Rhinomax unveils first $300K-plus luxury expedition vehicleOff-road specialist Rhinomax has added another player to the growing off-road ‘expedition’ market, with its all-new Iveco truck-based Explorer Global off-road motorhome previewed today to customers at its Kunda Park factory on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, with prices ranging from $280,000-$360,000, depending on equipment and options.
Fitted with a full composite two-berth motorhome body, the Rhinomax Explorer is the first self-propelled motorhome from Rhinomax, which to date has specialised in hybrid pop-top and more recently full-height towed caravans.
Like most expedition-type motorhomes, the Rhinomax Explorer offers both through-cab and external entry to its piggy-back living quarters and is equipped with 285 litres of drinking water, 60 litres of grey water, a 400AH lithium battery and 520AH of rooftop solar power to allow prolonged off-grid living in remote areas.
Originally thought to be a big bucks caravan, the Explorer project has been on the backburner with Rhinomax founders, and expatriate Britons Andy Den and Steve Punton for some time, but was been accelerated with tightening restrictions on overseas travel that has seen many frustrated travellers turning their focus inland.
“Our customers tend to be off-grid enthusiasts and this was the logical next step,” Punton. told caravancampingsales. “We already have a lot of interest.”
Like most serious expedition vehicles of its ilk, the Rhinomax Explorer is built on either a short wheelbase Iveco or Mercedes-Benz Unimog chassis to give it maximum maneuverability in difficult terrain, with its all-wheel drive train and huge ground clearance further enhancing its all-terrain capabilities.
The Explorer body features a similar skeletal frame to that used on Rhinomax hybrid caravan models and sits atop the chassis, necessitating a four-rung folding aluminium step to gain access.
Inside, a front-mounted transverse queen bed rises to the ceiling on hydraulic rams to reveal the lounge, with a full rear galley with a twin burner induction cooktop that runs through a 3500 watt inverter, a 195-litre compressor fridge-freezer and a combination shower-toilet and diesel heating also among the Explorer’s luxury living features (many of which have been borrowed from its premium up-market Lost Trak full height caravan range).
A cab-top storage-cum-wood rack, a full body-length, wind out awning, a roof-top vent hatch and air conditioning are standard inclusions, while a slide-out two-burner gas burner external cooktop and BBQ are also fitted.
There's a long list of optional equipment including airbag suspension, with Rhinomax’s first fully-loaded model complete with 400Ah lithium battery and 520W of rooftop solar costing $360,000.
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