How did an Australian off-road caravan brand build a home in the biggest RV market in the world? MDC USA’s founder, product lead and US business manager tell the whole story, from the first showrooms in California to the brand new XT22HRT Off-Grid Extreme, the biggest MDC travel trailer ever built for America.
Steve Zammit sits down with Vaughan Hindley (Founder & President, MDC USA), James Field (General Manager, Commercial & Product) and Richie Fort (Business Development Manager) to talk about why MDC went to the US, and what five years over there has taught them about American customers, dealers and overlanding. One lesson stands out: you can’t just flip the floor plan and ship an Aussie van over.
They also cover what it was like exhibiting at SEMA in Las Vegas, the RV News Adventure Trailer of the Year award, and the reaction at RVDA. There’s a road trip from K’gari to Cape York with US dealer partner Shane Stauffer from ROA Off-Road, and a very funny round of Aussie vs American RV terminology. To finish, the team breaks down the XT22HRT: three separate living zones, an integrated outdoor entertainment hub, 1,400W of rooftop solar, 1,500Ah of lithium and 93 gallons of fresh water.
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