Motorcraft Adventure Developments

26/10/2026

Life on the road 🌍🏡

From Morocco to wherever the track leads next.

25/10/2026

There’s a reason the Iveco Daily is such a popular base for van-style expedition builds.

Compact enough to live with, capable enough to build into something proper, and a great platform for a full Motorcraft habitation body.

This 7.5 tonne vehicle uses our own body system, subframe, lockers, doors, windows and steps. Built in-house from the chassis up 🚛🌍

23/10/2026

Who says you can't build your own expedition truck? 🔧🚛

Operation Overland's MAN self-build, featuring our Motorcraft Evolution windows, expedition door and storage hatches.

All fitted by the owner, Liam, who tells us the parts were straightforward to install. Looking the part too!

Building your own? We've got the parts to help make it happen.

🛒 shop.motorcraftad.com

21/10/2026

We build them. People like Bobby Bolton give them stories to tell 🌍

We catch up with Bobby about his travels and the truck we built for him.

Hear more on YouTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=QwkoysiYZ7E&t=2s

20/10/2026

WE TOOK ON THE DVLA. NOW THE RULES HAVE CHANGED. 🏆🇬🇧

12+ MONTHS OF CHALLENGES. COUNTLESS EMAILS. PARLIAMENTARY ESCALATION. AND FINALLY, A MAJOR CHANGE IN MOTORHOME CLASSIFICATION POLICY.

At Motorcraft Adventure Developments, we’ve never been afraid to stand up for what we believe is right.

For over a year, we’ve been challenging the DVLA’s outdated and unnecessarily restrictive approach to reclassifying converted vehicles as Motor Caravans.

We repeatedly questioned why a professionally engineered, fully equipped expedition motorhome could be refused recognition simply because it didn’t have decorative graphics or an external awning rail.

Our argument was simple.

A MOTORHOME SHOULD BE RECOGNISED FOR WHAT IT IS, NOT WHETHER IT HAS STICKERS AND AN AWNING.

We challenged the policy.

We challenged the reasoning.

We refused to accept that specialist expedition vehicles should be penalised for being designed to do exactly what they’re built to do.

And when our arguments continued to meet resistance, we took the matter further, with the support of our local MP, Jo White, who helped escalate our concerns to parliamentary level.

FAST FORWARD TO 19 OCTOBER 2026…

The DVLA has now published revised Motor Caravan classification criteria.

✅ Mandatory motorhome-style graphics? GONE.

✅ External awning bar requirement? GONE.

✅ Pop-top roofs previously excluded? NOW ACCEPTED.

✅ Previously rejected applications? CAN NOW BE REVIEWED.

These are some of the very issues Motorcraft has spent the last 12+ months fighting to change.

Can we say Motorcraft single-handedly brought about this decision? No.

But can we say we challenged these exact requirements, refused to back down, took our concerns to parliamentary level and have now seen the rules change in precisely the areas we contested?

ABSOLUTELY.

And we’re proud of it.

This isn’t just about Motorcraft. It’s about the wider UK motorhome conversion industry, independent manufacturers, expedition vehicle builders and self-build enthusiasts who’ve been affected by requirements that made little practical sense.

We believe good engineering, safe construction and genuine habitation facilities should matter more than superficial accessories.

TODAY, WE’RE CALLING THIS A WIN.

A win for common sense.

A win for independent British manufacturing.

And a win for everyone who has challenged a decision they genuinely believed was wrong.

A sincere thank you to Jo White MP for supporting our concerns and helping ensure our arguments were heard at a higher level.

There’s still work to do, particularly for specialist expedition vehicles, but this is a major step forward.

WE DIDN’T BACK DOWN. THE POLICY CHANGED. AND THAT’S SOMETHING WORTH CELEBRATING. 💪

Motorcraft Adventure Developments
Built for Adventure. Prepared to Challenge Convention.

🔗 Official DVLA guidance:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/converting-a-vehicle-into-a-motor-caravan/converting-a-vehicle-into-a-motor-caravan

20/10/2026

A quick update for anyone planning to visit us this weekend.

Unfortunately, our Open Day on Saturday 24th October has been postponed.

Sorry for any inconvenience, and we hope to welcome you to the factory soon!

20/10/2026

19/10/2026

🇬🇧➡️🇺🇸 Another look at the new Motorcraft USA flagship.

The Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3358 Signature Collection. Built in Britain, bound for America, and this is only the beginning.

More photos, videos and a full YouTube episode coming soon.

18/10/2026

3 years on the road and still not ready to come home. 🌍

Bernard left our factory in 2023 and has since become a proper home on wheels, carrying some good friends of ours through years of travel, wild places and memories you just can’t make at home.

This is exactly why we build them.

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