It is good to see the comments on the new Cajita Model.
We know there won't huge market for this type of camper.
We also know it might not give you your best "bang for your buck" when it come to size vs. the price point.
The concept of this non-cabover, almost cab high type of camper is for a different type of customer.
These customers have been asking us for years of why we would not build something smaller (for whatever reason).
These customers seem to want the smallest, lowest profile, least impacting type of truck camper for their truck.
Rarely do they have a big 3/4 diesel truck, but more often a smaller 4 cyc. truck, so they can't put a long bed Grandby on it.
Some have twisted our arm and even offered to pay extra $$ for something custom.
We have also lost SO many sales over the years because the customer really wants a small truck camper, but HAS to be able to drive the camper in the garage each day.
Not all of our customers have the luxury of property, a big house with storage, or the ability to store the camper in a storage facility.
(Ex: a young outdoor type couple living in downtown Seattle in an apartment where underground parking is their only assigned parking space. NO cabover camper will fit. No storage facilities easily accessible to get the camper on Friday night for a quick weekend escape.)
(Ex: the camper owner the has pesty neighbors and lives in a housing community where they have homeowner rules & regulations. Good luck fighting or winning that battle).
(Ex: A single older man or woman traveling alone for the most part that just doesn't need much. Staying at friends or relatives most of the time while visiting their kids and needs their own room to be less of a burdon).
This new Cajita Model is not designed for the customer wanting more, but more for the customer that is needing less.
Hope this helps a little why FWC decide to come out with this new model.
We have had several ideas on the drawing board for years and things are slowly coming together now where we can hopefully expand on some new camper designs.
Talk behind the scenes says the next "new" FWC model coming in the near future is going to be a higher end model designed to fit on a ... "throws out another teaser"
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