Bürstner is #wohnfühlen home from home feel
Bürstner's motorhomes, camper vans, urban campers and caravans give you the best home from home feel you can have on the road.
"Wohnfühlen" home from home history.
Vehicles with the kind of "wohnfühlen" home from home feel only Bürstner can deliver, as the company understood right from the start that people can only have the most wonderful on the road experiences when they feel at home wherever they are, have been built at the border between Germany and France for the past over 60 years. That is why the interior - down to the smallest detail and designed to meet all needs - has always been very important to Bürstner. The perfect balance between design, functionality and comfort creates what makes a Bürstner unique: a home from home feel.
The company began to manufacture caravans in Neumühl in 1958. Almost 30 years later, in 1986, Bürstner entered the motorhome segment and made a name for itself only two years later with the invention of the semi-integrated low profile motorhome, as well as customised layouts, creative ideas and unique designs. The first semi-integrated low profile motorhome with a drop-down bed (2008) and the first caravan with a drop-down bed (2009) are just two examples of the company's many unconventional solutions that set industry-wide trends. In 2022, the Lyseo Gallery TD once again set new benchmarks in the motorhome area with its inflatable alcove, considered an innovative worldwide first.
#wohnfühlen with Bürstner
History
"Wohnfühlen" home from home feel moments
Start of caravan manufacture (each built to customer specifications)
Establishment of Bürstner GmbH (in Kehl, Germany)...
...the acquisition of production capacities in Wissembourg (France).
Entry into the motorhome segment: Bürstner builds its first alcove (over-cab bed) model.
First semi-integrated low profile motorhome: Bürstner builds the first T 550, T 610 and T 620 models, thereby ringing in a new era of semi-integrated travel.
Bürstner presents the I model, the first coachbuilt, integrated Bürstner motorhome.
The Kehl-based manufacturer cooperates with an interior designer for the first time to give its recreational vehicles a "wohnfühlen" home from home feel. The first results of this cooperation are the modern and cosy interior furnishings in the Amara caravan and the caravan "Flirt" with a habitation layout that has been angled by 8°.
Bürstner becomes part of the renowned Hymer group of companies, which is active all over Europe, now the Erwin Hymer Group.
After fifteen years of motorhome construction, the company's success in this segment is obvious: Bürstner has produced 31,000 motorhomes.
Launch of the best-selling model DELFIN: Bürstner is the first German manufacturer to base its new Delfin on a RENAULT Master chassis. The DELFIN's popularity was not least due to its comfortable cab, which felt like that of a generously sized sedan.
MEGA Van – mega innovative: Bürstner presents its Renault Master-based semi-integrated low profile motorhome Mega-Van. The innovative concept and the expandable garage storage compartment attract a lot of attention.
Aero Van with minimum consumption: in times of rising fuel prices, Bürstner presents the Mercedes Sprinter-based Aero Van – straight away, the motorhome comes first in the promobil magazine's reader's choice survey.
Meanwhile the caravan Premio was launched on the market.
Bürstner Ixeo: this further development of the Mega-Van is the first semi-integrated low profile motorhome with a drop-down bed on the market. The market launch of the Travel Van, the Averso caravan and the presentation of the anniversary model Averso Fifty (1958-2008) followed.
Averso Plus: the first caravan with a drop-down bed and launch of the City Car: introduction of the first Bürstner camper van.
Presentation of the Brevio, the first semi-integrated low-profile motorhome with a tailgate.
First semi-integrated low-profile motorhome with a lengthwise positioned drop-down bed: the Ixeo TL. Also launch of the Nexxo and Nexxo Time as well as the caravan Premio Plus.
The first Bürstner camper van design that heralds the compact camper van success story: launch of the Fiat-based City Car. The concept vehicles Brevio Rave and Harmony 1 are presented at the Caravan Salon in Düsseldorf.
Launch of the first Premio Life caravan.
Bürstner celebrates its 60th company anniversary with the anniversary model Limited I; only a limited edition of 60 vehicles were built.
A year full of innovations. Birth of the Bürstner Lyseo Time T, an entry-level segment semi-integrated low-profile motorhome with a high level of home from home comforts.
Launch of the Mercedes Benz Sprinter-based Lyseo M aimed at a clientele with high expectations when it comes to design and functional features.
City Car Time, Campeo, Ixeo I, Averso Harmony, Lyseo TD Limited Edition, Delfin Comeback - the full force of Bürstner's inventiveness establishes the #wohnfühlen home from home feel for everyone.
The concept caravan Harmony 3 proves Bürstner's outstanding habitation and home from home feel expertise.
Non-stop innovations.
Launch of the new sophisticated caravan model ranges Bürstner Averso and Averso Plus.
Another new vehicle: the coachbuilt integrated motorhome Elegance. Eliseo – an addition to the camper van portfolio in the top end market segment, and the motorhome Limited T.
Considerable expansion of the compact portfolio.
Many model ranges are added to the Bürstner product portfolio both in the motorhome (Nexxo Van) as well as the camper van area (Copa, Campeo 4x4) – all of these are extremely compact and agile.
Bürstner invests in a new chassis hall in the Kehl harbour grounds, an important logistics building block for the production process of the extremely popular motorhomes. The new production line already goes into operation that same year.
Presentation of the first Eliseo CNG concept vehicle in the area of alternative drive systems.
After only fourteen months, the 1000th Copa already rolls off the production line in Wissembourg. The first FORD-based Lineo camper van is produced in Kehl.
The concept vehicle Lyseo Gallery, a worldwide innovation, is presented to the public under the motto of "Travel small, live large". The first alcove or over-cab bed model that turns into a semi-integrated low profile model, as the alcove can be inflated to create a second floor living space with an XXL bedroom.
What almost amounts to an "explosion" of innovations is presented at the Caravan Salon (the worldwide leading caravanning industry trade show):
- Lineo Electric, the first fully electric FORD-based vehicle
- Lineo T, the first Ford-based motorhome
- Playa, a Renault-based urban camper
- Delfin C, a Renault-based Delfin revival
- Lyseo I, a further coachbuilt, integrated model
- Smart My Bürstner app for caravans that makes it possible to control important features digitally via smartphone, and the coachbuilt, integrated Elegance
The Lyseo Gallery TD goes into serial production with two layouts and wins eight international awards.
