2025 Vaning Campervan Packs the Biggest Kitchen You'll See in a Van Conversion

Vaning is a German van conversion specialist. They also sell in Switzerland with help from business partner Two Stories, and they cater to a very specific type of client: the vanlifer who wants to fully embrace this lifestyle but can also afford to spend amounts regular vanlifers wouldn't even dream of spending to get their home on wheels.

Vaning campervans are luxury products, is what we're saying. They stand out for quality materials and quality work, as well as creative, unique designs that you don't come across that often with "standard" conversions. To boot, all these designs can be further tweaked and adjusted to the customer's needs, so in the end, each Vaning van is a one-off product.

To that end, Vaning proposes three models to choose from, or Konzepts, as they call it: the All-Rounder, the Classic, and the Minimalist, with self-explanatory names. The Classic (Konzept Klassiker) can fit an entire family of four by adding a pop-up roof with a secondary bed but uses a convertible row of seats for the main bedroom.

At this year's edition of the Dusseldorf Caravan Show, Vaning introduced a variation of the Klassiker with a brand-new living room area and the same impressively large corner kitchen. The headline of this story is not misleading: this is perhaps the largest kitchen you'll see in a van conversion, taking up almost half of the floorspace and physically serving as a divider between the "home" and the passenger cab.

According to YouTuber Alan Heath, who attended the show and filmed the tour available at the bottom of the page, this Klassiker version was presented as a 2025 model, even though it's not yet featured on the company's official website. It will be the fourth option you can choose and then modify for your next (super expensive) mobile home, in other words.

The unit on display was built on top of a longbase 4x4 Volkswagen van. The original Klassiker can be built on either the short or the longbase VW T5, the T6, or the T6.1, and we're assuming this will also apply to the 2025 model.

Unlike its predecessor, the 2025 model features an outdoor kitchen, neatly tucked into the interior one, so it will slide out at camp as long as you left the door open. You know, just in case you feel like you didn't get enough kitchen with the original layout.

The interior is styled like a lounge on wheels, with the dinette taking up whatever space the kitchen doesn't. The two benches are joined at the rear by a fixed portion that also hides the slats that you can pull to form a huge bed at night. Vaning says that the new model is still ideal for family use because the bed can comfortably sleep two adults and one child.

For a van, this conversion packs an incredible amount of storage options. You have storage in overhead cubbies, in netted sections on the walls, and in kitchen drawers. You also get a dining table hidden in a space between the kitchen and the passenger cab, a cassette toilet tucked under one bench, and an outdoor shower at the back, fed by water from a second small water tank.

Features include as many as four 200W solar panels on the roof and a battery that will allow to run the dimmable LED lights, the small fridge and freezer, the induction cooktop, and whatever appliances and gadgets you need to bring along. The heater runs on diesel, but there's no mention of an AC system – or, for that matter, any specifics at all.

That is probably because, as mentioned above, Vaning builds these campervans to order, so prices vary according to each brief or whether the client brings their own van.

Still, the 2025 modified Klassiker stands out for its gorgeous, cozy styling, with felted walls and natural wood giving it that home-like vibe, and minimalist touches throughout, without any perceived compromise in terms of functionality.

It also stands out for a design that dares to embrace a different approach, which clearly marks it as a product that will only appeal to those looking specifically for something like this.

There's yet another thing that will limit the appeal of this 2025 van concept: pricing.

A Vaning van conversion usually goes for about €150,000 (approximately $163,000 at the current exchange rate) by the time you're done adding everything you need. Regular vanlifers will argue that this is too much money to spend on a mobile home without proper restroom facilities, but we're guessing the mere fact that they keep being built is proof that there are enough people out there who don't feel the same.

But looking at one is still free of charge, so here it is.

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