Echo4x4 Kavango

hi liza mapert from the name you havent given any leads so googled it and found all details on
www.echo4x4.co.za/
the price in rand equates to $3815.00 au
but i cant imagine getting one in aus through an importing stealer for less than about $25000 au
if i.m any judge on mark ups in this country
yes it reads ok but there there appears to be a fair bit of canvass to fold out at the top before you can get to bed and it will be wet cavass that fold internally when packing up after a wet night or heavy dew just going by the pics
didnt find any local stealer but there probably is one at least importing them ?????
cheers
barry

yep - I've been on about this for a while. It's the same with The Conqueror and the Commander etc. Imported here with a very healthy mark up. We used to get the Jurgens Caravan in Oz, which was a real offroader (there are still a few on the used market) for $20,000+ but they took that off the market because they didn't like the competition and re-introduced a new range at double the price and they are not even real "offroaders". When you also take into account the cost of European and American vans, I reckon we are getting ripped off bigtime. I supppose while there's a healthy demand with cashed up retirees getting into it, we'll have to cop the prices.

This topic has also been discussed at length on the caravanners' forum.