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Bespoke NI

Based in Ballymena (Northern Ireland), Bespoke NI has changed a lot over the years however, at our heart we are still the same small business that was established in 2001. Back then we started out integrating bespoke vehicle electronics, technology and high-end car audio for private customers and hundreds of franchise vehicle dealerships nationwide. This work saw us win many awards and some of the demo vehicles we produced for major manufacturers went on to receive recognition worldwide.

In 2005 we were approached to build sleeper coaches for the music industry and this saw us move our business into luxury coachbuilding with some of the completed coaches having a price tag of over £1m. Between 2005 and 2015 we manufactured a fleet of these vehicles which enabled us to learn and develop the skills and expertise we now apply to building our Bespoke Volkswagen campervans, giving them the same unique high end finish and attention to detail.

In 2011 we built our first Volkswagen Transporter based campervan. The Volkswagen Transporter was chosen as there was a desire for a leisure vehicle that could be used every day and not just a few times during the camping season.

The experience we gained form our previous work served us well and we set about producing campervans with a new modern design and the highest level of safety possible so we could appeal to users of all ages, budgets and backgrounds.

In 2016 we started the process of achieving ECWVTA (European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval), this would allow us to manufacture campervans on Volkswagen unregistered chassis and register them as M1 Motor Caravans. A brand new factory production line was purpose built that allowed us to build our new campervans in a controlled way and to have a repeatable high quality finished product that we could be proud of and would give our customers years of trouble free enjoyment.

In order to maintain our approval, the VCA (Vehicle Certification Agency) carry out ongoing COP (Conformity of Production) audits to confirm and maintain confidence in the consistency of the vehicles we build, therefore ensuring our customers can have confidence in the quality and safety of their Bespoke Campervan.

We are also a member of the NCC (National Caravan Council), which along with our ECWVTA allows us to meet the gold standard required by Volkswagen and be recognised by them as a Motorhome Qualified Converter.

But that doesn’t mean that we’re going to stop there. We are constantly striving to improve our range and keep up to date with the latest safety standards as well as the very latest technology and equipment, we believe there is always room for us to improve and expand upon our range of bespoke campervans.

2022 saw us introduce the Volkswagen Crafter MWB to our range of Bespoke campervans, also registered as an M1 Motor Caravan.