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JOHN FORD CARAVAN WORLD EDITOR
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In the years since the brand was introduced in 2015, Snowy River Caravans has garnered a loyal following and not just because of its keen price. Customers recognise the robust build quality of a composite body with aluminium strengthening for components like windows and doors. In the absence of an offroad version, many owners have dragged their supposedly on-road Snowy River vans into many places a touring van shouldn't venture without mishap, so the overall construction has proven to be sound.
Customers have been asking for a more rugged offroad version, and Snowy River has finally delivered with this SRT-19, featuring a revised chassis and new independent trailing arm suspension.
The new multi-terrain SRT-19 doesn't oversell itself on branding, but the look and design of the new underpinnings suggest adventure travel, at least on our badly corrugated outback roads with sensible speeds and reduced tyre pressure. I'm not suggesting Queensland's Old Telegraph Track, but the SRT-19 will find many remote places that a mid-spec offroader will travel.
With a starting price of $83,990, it will win over plenty of new owners. The van at our event had a set of scrub bars which took the cost to $85,290. Most owners will opt for an
