GearPatrol.com released a look at the new X-Cabin 300 from Japan, calling it “a smaller cousin to the iconic Airstream trailers.” Read more here.
It’s hard to deny the appeal of camping trailer life: it’s an idyllic combination of the freedom of the open road and the security of having a comfortable bed and a roof over your head. Still, trailering can present plenty of issues, too. Go with too big a trailer, and not only do the costs escalate, but so do the issues with towing and camping; you’re forced to find bigger vehicles to haul your camper about, and bigger spaces to put it when stopped.
Hence, the prevalence of just-right-sized small camping trailers. These pequeño rolling living spaces offer a respite from the world in a more manageable package than the rolling houses often seen at RV parks; they come in a variety of shapes and packages, from off-road-ready towables that are little more than tents over axles to full-featured jellybeans.
But few look quite as cool as the X-Cabin 300, with its gleaming aluminum-paneled body that makes it look like a smaller cousin to the iconic Airstream trailers.
Like many a fascinating pint-sized vehicle or living space, the X-Cabin 300 hails from Japan. And it is pint-sized: the company claims a gross vehicle weight of just 1,650 pounds, making it light enough be towed by just about any car, truck or SUV with a tow rating sold in the United States. (X-Cabin shows it off with a diminutive Suzuki Jimny on its website, but I happen to think it’d look pretty damn cool paired with a Ford Maverick.) At 15 feet long, seven feet wide and around seven feet tall, it’s tidy enough to fit into an average American parking space with ease.
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