I wanted to make a quick post about our recent visit with Mike and Rene at the GXV office. My wife and I are researching our next vehicle and one potential vehicle is the GXV Turtle. We had a two week trip to the Ozarks in our Sportsmobile planned so we exchanged a few emails with Rene at GXV and set up a day to visit.
I am very impressed with both the GXV vehicles and with Mike and Rene. We were able to tour two GXV Turtle vehicles, a Pangea, and a handle full of other Unimog based vehicles. Although we didn't expect it, Mike and Rene spent the entire day with us, patiently answering all of our questions and showing us the details of the build construction and build options.
Two unexpected pleasant surprises. They invited us to share lunch they catered in for the whole company (which was excellent), and Mike took me out for a ride to show me how their BAE Brazos with a GXV body performed. The offroad performance was impressive. I must say for how big this vehicle looks on the outside it is quite easy to drive, and you would never know there was a camper body on the vehicle without looking back.
You can see a video of what I think is either the same vehicle or one very close here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_yhgu-m0jg
Both Mike and Rene are extremely knowledgeable with a lot of first hand traveling experience. We had a great time meeting them and learning details about what we can expect out of a GXV vehicle. I'd encourage anyone looking at this class of vehicle to visit GXV and see them for yourself.
I am very impressed with both the GXV vehicles and with Mike and Rene. We were able to tour two GXV Turtle vehicles, a Pangea, and a handle full of other Unimog based vehicles. Although we didn't expect it, Mike and Rene spent the entire day with us, patiently answering all of our questions and showing us the details of the build construction and build options.
Two unexpected pleasant surprises. They invited us to share lunch they catered in for the whole company (which was excellent), and Mike took me out for a ride to show me how their BAE Brazos with a GXV body performed. The offroad performance was impressive. I must say for how big this vehicle looks on the outside it is quite easy to drive, and you would never know there was a camper body on the vehicle without looking back.
You can see a video of what I think is either the same vehicle or one very close here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_yhgu-m0jg
Both Mike and Rene are extremely knowledgeable with a lot of first hand traveling experience. We had a great time meeting them and learning details about what we can expect out of a GXV vehicle. I'd encourage anyone looking at this class of vehicle to visit GXV and see them for yourself.