- Founded
- 1982
- Country
- United Kingdom
Bill Boasman and Barry Holmes expanded an established caravan-repair business into Auto-Trail motorhome construction in 1982. The first decade centered on one-off habitation bodies built on customer chassis; standardized Cheyenne, Mohawk, Cree and Tracker ranges followed in the 1990s. A 1998 management buyout brought Rob Gee to leadership, and Auto-Trail joined France's Trigano Group in the late 1990s. During the 2000s the company added Apache, Frontier, Miami and Excel coachbuilts and created its first integrated A-Class, the Grande Frontier, in 2006. Tribute, Imala and V-Line broadened the 2010s range, while Adventure and Expedition addressed the campervan and entry-level markets in the 2020s; Ford-based F-Line and a new Excel generation later joined the catalog. A 2016 Grimsby expansion doubled production capacity. Auto-Trail completes multi-stage type-approved leisure vehicles using Fiat Ducato, Ford Transit or other base chassis, so donor powertrains remain attributed while its independently marketed finished ranges are cataloged under Auto-Trail.
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