{"id":4152,"date":"2020-11-18T23:30:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T22:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.we-love-camping.com\/caravans-and-motorhomes-notin-100-years-of-history\/"},"modified":"2020-11-18T23:30:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T22:30:09","slug":"caravans-and-motorhomes-notin-100-years-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.we-love-camping.com\/en\/caravans-and-motorhomes-notin-100-years-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Caravans and motorhomes Notin, 100 years of history"},"content":{"rendered":"

The campervan manufacturer NOTIN<\/strong> will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2021. This brand, based in Panissi\u00e8res in the Loire, has been developing caravans for almost 100 years and now exclusively campervans that are associated with a certain idea of luxury.<\/p>\n

Some remember these caravans, long recognizable by their wooden lanterns and shutters. While the materials have evolved, as well as the equipment, there are always optional shutters on Notin motorhomes as well as a real cabinetry assembled with the system of keepers.<\/p>\n

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This Notin advertisement from 1959 shows the four great precursors of the Caravan in France who make a joint advertisement to tout their seniority and the quality of their manufacture. A little more than 10 years later, only Notin will survive the democratization of campervans by retaining its specialization in the construction of luxury motorhomes.<\/p><\/div>\n

At the origins, camping trailers<\/h2>\n

But back to Notin’s origins. Francis Notin built from 1921 trailers of fairgrounds, first with animal traction, then, from 1928, automobile with his brother Joseph. In 1933, the Notin brothers created a tourist caravan at the request of a Nice lawyer. This model departs from the trailer thanks to its side and non-rear door, just as it adopts skylights, vectors of light and fresh air. The windows go down the walls. In 1934, Joseph Notin bought the workshop from his brother and devoted himself to the camping trailer. It was the first manufacturer to exhibit at the Paris fair in 1935.<\/p>\n\n\t\t