A phone call in August from Paul Cook at RnRV, saw us calling into their sales yard in Silverdale while in Auckland recently. Their latest arrival, the Rapido 8096dF A-Class motorhome with its huge king-size island bed, was prepped and ready for pickup by the new owners, and we wanted to have a look before it left the yard.
There is a lot to love about French-built motorhomes: luxury finishes and thoughtful European designs certainly offer the wow factor when you step into this motorhome for the first time. The Rapido company has remained in family ownership throughout its history, and today the company’s Managing Director is Nicolas Rousseau, the grandson of the founder Constant Rousseau who, with his background as a craftsman and cabinetmaker, started the company in 1961 and built the first Rapido motorhome, the
