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2000-2006 RIMOR SAILER ON MERCEDES SPRINTER

For this period of production, the Siena-based Rimor Autocaravan Company was family owned and managed, under the direction of its founder, Luano Niccolau.

The fact that it was an independent firm among many others belonging to two global groups gave rise to fresh thinking and a vehicle that was notably different to mainstream offerings.

The most significant difference was in the method of mounting the coachbuilt body onto the chassis. Conventionally this is achieved by fixing it directly to the original ladder chassis with (perhaps) the addition of one or two outriggers.

Rimor claimed that this practice put an

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