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TAKEN TO THE LIMIT

BRUDER EXP-8 REVIEWS

“Hefty engineering rates the chassis and suspension to five times its weight”

The release of the latest Bruder takes the company's model offering to three and introduces a full-height caravan to the line-up. The new EXP-8 joins the original EXP-6 hybrid and the single axle EXP-6 camper in a range of extreme weather off-grid escape machines that leave little to the imagination around innovation and exclusivity.

The EXP-8 is visually stunning. It takes lines from the hybrid and the company's commercial Geo Survey van to render the stealthy shape in signature Bruder black or grey for a menacing military vibe. Hitched to the company's black 300 series, you might expect a team of SAS personally to stream out.

But the black of the review van is more a show of engineering one-upmanship than any real menace. The black dares you to suggest the van will be hot under the glaring Queensland sun, and it would be if not for the thorough thermal insulation properties of the build.

THE COMPANY

Bruder was born out of the brothers’ desire to build a better offroader after five years of importing South African camper trailers. From a young age, the brothers

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