The right New Age comes down to four questions: where you'll travel, who's coming, what your car can tow, and how you'll camp. Answer those and the range narrows fast, from light couples' tourers to full off-grid family vans.
1 · Terrain
On-road, semi off-road or full off-road, where you'll actually travel.
2 · Who's coming
Couple, family or full-timing, decides layout, beds and length.
3 · Tow car
What your vehicle can legally pull caps which vans fit.
4 · How you camp
Powered parks or off-grid free camps, sets your power and water.
1. Where you'll travel
Start with terrain. Sealed-road touring, gravel and semi-off-road, or serious off-road all point to a different build. Choosing where you'll travel most narrows the range before anything else.
If you'll stick to sealed roads and parks, an on-road tourer keeps weight and cost down. If the plan is remote tracks, the off-road range and hybrids are built for it. Our hybrid caravan guide covers the light, go-anywhere end.
2. Who's coming
Who travels decides the layout. Couples can go shorter and lighter; families need bunks and a full bathroom; full-timers want storage and living space. This sets the floorplan, and the length and weight that follow.
Layout is where comfort is won or lost, so it's worth getting right. Our which layout suits you guide breaks down couples, family and full-timer floorplans in detail.
3. Your tow car
Your tow vehicle caps which vans you can buy. The van's loaded ATM has to sit under your car's braked towing capacity, with ball weight and GCM in check. Confirm this early so you only shortlist vans your car can legally pull.
Two guides make this easy: caravan weights explained for the terms, and what can your car tow? for matching a specific van to your vehicle.
4. How you'll camp
How you camp sets your power and water. Powered parks need little; free camping needs a battery bank, solar and water on board, which the off-road and off-grid-ready models are built to carry.
If free camping is the goal, our off-grid power guide covers sizing the systems, and free camping in Australia covers where you'll use them.
Putting it together
With those four answers, the range becomes a short list. Terrain and camping style pick the build; who's coming picks the layout; your tow car sets the weight ceiling. What's left is the handful of New Age vans that fit all four.
Pick your terrain & camping style
On-road or off-road, powered parks or off-grid. This sets the build.
Choose a layout for who's coming
Couple, family or full-timer, shortlist the floorplans that fit.
Set your weight ceiling
Work out what your car can tow, so every shortlisted van is a legal match.
Compare and see them in person
Filter the range, then book a walk-through with a dealer to decide.
Build & price
Once you've a shortlist, Build & Price lets you spec layout and options to suit your travel, and a dealer confirms the details and weights. Speccing to your car and camping style from the start makes the tow-match easy.
Ready to narrow it down? Browse the range, work through the complete buying guide if you want the full decision in order, then build your van or book a dealer walk-through.
