New Trakmaster caravan still coming
Well-known Aussie off-road caravan brand still on track for relaunch in not too distant futureTrakmaster caravan enthusiasts have been wondering if the well-regarded brand will resurface or fade into history after being purchased in early 2020 by fellow Melburnian off-road specialist Track Trailer.
However Track recently entertained Trakmaster Off-Road Caravan Club members at its Outback HQ and Track manufacturing facility in Bayswater North in early February as an adjunct together to the Trakmaster AGM in nearby Yarra Glen.
“We wanted to assure them that there is a future for Trakmaster,” said Track’s Marketing and Distribution Operations Manager, Lloyd Waldron.
The visit involved a tour of the Outback HQ and Track manufacturing facility, followed by a Q&A, during which the future of Trakmaster was raised.
“We were able to share our thoughts on the brand’s future direction, show them the new enlarged space in which they will be built and give them a preview of our component ordering plans,” he said. “They are a very committed owner group and are keen to see the brand return.”
Track’s future plans are to make Trakmasters the tandem off-road caravans of its expanded model mix, while sharing some components and technology with the latest T4 Hybrid Caravan models.
Trakmaster was founded in the early-1990s by Russell Seebach, who had a long background in all sorts of Outback travel, and bemoaned the lack of caravans built strong enough to cope with continuous remote area travel.
The company was sold to Ararat farm machinery manufacturer Gason Industries in mid-2016 and Gason shortly afterwards purchased former West Australian campervan manufacturer, Pioneer.
Both Trakmaster and Pioneer were acquired by Track Trailer in early 2020.
Track initially forecast that a new Trakmaster caravan model would be launched in 2021, but instead concentrated its energies on bringing the cheaper Pioneer Verve hybrid caravan to market, pushing back the Trakmaster programme.
Track insists it still intends to relaunch Trakmaster and has begun ordering some components and tooling to achieve this.
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