New Mercedes Marco Polo camper van marks a new dawn for mini-camping
New Atlas: Technology-Innovation-Outdoor News [Unofficial]
February 18, 2026
Much like Ford and its 40 years of Nugget camper vans, Mercedes has been working with Westfalia on its own little mini-camper since the 1980s. In fact, the Marco Polo launched two years before the Nugget and four years before the Westfalia-converted Volkswagen California. Now, Mercedes follows Volkswagen in leaving Westfalia behind and pulling its small camper van production entirely in-house. So, more literally than any other vehicle on the planet, the newly updated 2026 Marco Polo is the Mercedes of RV life.
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Category: Campervans, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: mini-campervan, Campervan, Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes, RV, Outdoors and Camping, Camping, smart RV
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