THE FRONT BOOT
AUSSIE PAMPLONA ON ITS WAY
Bailey Australia plans to assemble Bailey UK
caravans on a specially designed, Australian-
made chassis at its factory in Melbourne.
Based on the successful ‘Bailey Of
Bristol Unicorn IV Pamplona’ design, the
‘Australianised’ version will remain mostly
untouched, though plumbing, appliances and
the electrical system will be changed to meet
local compliance requirements.
According to Bailey Australia managing
director, Adrian van Geelen, the new-look van
will also feature greater ground clearance and
payload capacity, larger water tanks, and a
larger entry door.
He said Bailey Australia recognised the
original Pamplona was one of the company’s
most successful model, though it did contain
some design limitations.
“It’s extremely important to us that this new
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BMPRO has released a new battery management
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According to BMPRO, the lithium-compatible
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“Jayco is highly respected within the
Australian caravan industry for leading with
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money to their customers,” BMPRO CEO
Louise Bayliss said.
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Aussie Pamplona remains quintessentially British
and as such it will look identical to the Unicorn IV
with basically the same spec,” he said.
“More than 50 alterations to the original Bailey UK
caravans were completed in order to compensate
for compliance and practical reasons.”
The new-look Unicorn IV Pamplona is expected
to be released towards the end of the year.
BMPRO also supplies Jayco with its JHub
system, an app-driven power management
system that controls the on-board features,
such as the lights, hot water and more, of a
Jayco RV while managing incoming power,
battery charging, tank levels and more.