Are campervans motorhomes?

[Simonjdcooper]

We often refer to our motorhome, a Burstner A645 as 'the camper', but it doesn't really have much in common with a campervan. Not when considering the dimensions...

We weren't to Stratford Upon Avon the other day, and tried to park in one of the nine spaces by the leisure centre, there were 8 motorhomes, ranging from older coachbuilds to snazzy A classes. And VW campervan.

So the car park was full for motorhomes in the motorhome parking area, but it got me thinking as we drove off, should vans be able to park in the motorhome bays? They are barely bigger than a car (esp if not lwb) and certainly don't need the extra length and width that a 6m+ coach build requires...

We ended up parking at waitrose (2 hours free) and the height barriers were not being used.

What do you think fellow funsters?

 

[TheMobileWanderer]

Apart from a few big ones. Almost every motorhome started life as a panel van. Some keep the original body shell, others don't, but they are all based upon, or converted from panel vans. But they are all motorhomes first.

Not sure that's correct. My take on it is:-
Class-A began as a chassis cowl (a cabless chassis cab) and the MH manufacturer built a new body and fitted it to that chassis.

Class-B was registered as a panel van and, if having been converted, is known as a Panel Van Conversion - a camper van. The whoosh-bang vehicles lol

Class-C was either a chassis cab or a platform cab onto which a habitation body was built such that the cab and habitation area are integrated.

Luton vans converted with only a doorway to the cab or separated completely from the cab are imv camper vans class-C.

That's not snobby. If I wanted to be snobby, I'd say that unless there's a dedicated lounge area, that isn't a dinette, it not a motorhome