2007 News

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Swift Win Top Motorhome Award (10/12/2007): For the second year running the Swift Group have been awarded one of the top motorhome awards when they won the Motorhome Manufacturer of the year in the annual MMM magazine awards at the NEC. more info
Swift sponsor initiative to find top British women riders for the 2012 Olympic Games in London (15/11/2007): Swift Group has announced a major sponsorship with top women’s cycling team, Global Racing, which will fund a significant new initiative to find and train top riders from the UK in the build up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. more info
Autocruise gets off to strong start under new owners (26/10/2007): Autocruise motorhomes gave new owners Swift Holdings (UK) Limited an early sign of the likely success for the brand by recording sales of over £3.5 million at the International Caravan and Motorhome Show at the NEC Birmingham, last week. more info
Swift Group sales top £22 million at NEC Show (26/10/2007): Swift Group, manufacturers of the Ace, Abbey, Sprite, Sterling and Swift brands of touring caravans, and Ace, Bessacarr and Swift ranges of motorhomes, announced record sales of £22.5 million worth of products at the International Caravan and Motorhome Show more info
NEC launch for new compact low profile models taking Swift Group into growing market sector (18/10/2007): The Swift Group’s stylish and award-winning low profile motorhomes offer even greater choice for 2008 with the addition of a new compact model in each of the Swift, Ace and Bessacarr ranges taking each line-up to five layouts. more info
NEC welcomes all-new Swift luton ranges bringing luxury to multi-berth motorhome market for around £40k (17/10/2007): The Swift Group will launch its three new luxury luton motorhome ranges at the International Caravan & Motorhome Show 2007 at the NEC from October 16-21. more info
NEC launch for Swift Kon-Tiki and Bessacarr E700 with new TAG axle models and improved specification (16/10/2007): The class-leading Bessacarr E700 and Swift Kon-Tiki, each with a new TAG axle model and improved specification, will be launched at the International Caravan & Motorhome Show 2007 at the NEC from October 16-21. more info
Swift Group leads the way in motorhome towing capability (29/08/2007): The Swift Group are leading the way in motorhome towing capability thanks to the unique combination of high specification equipment fitted on all their motorhomes and the level of guidance provided for owners. more info
Swift Group cut insurance costs with high security spec and three months free insurance on new luxury ranges (03/08/2007): The Swift Group has announced a special arrangement with leading caravan insurance specialists Towergate Bakers, to cut the cost of insurance on the company’s new top-of-the-range Conqueror, Spectrum and Elite single and twin-axle models and Supreme twin-axle models by more than a half. This offer more info
Swift Group’s £10,000 gift to cancer patients in East Yorkshire (24/07/2007): Cancer patients in East Yorkshire will benefit thanks to a Cottingham-based caravan and motorhome manufacturer, which has helped raise £10,000 to help ease their day-to-day lives. more info
Swift Caravan prize raises £10,000 for Cancer Charity (24/07/2007): A Tyneside couple who took up caravanning a year ago won a brand new Swift caravan at the Caravan Club’s Centenary Ball, which raised more than £10,000 for a leading UK cancer charity. more info
Improved specification and wider choice of models across the 2008 Swift Group holiday home ranges (11/07/2007): Three new models are introduced to the Swift Group holiday home line-up for 2008, while all three ranges get an uplift in style and specification. more info
Class-leading security for all ranges plus three single axle models for new Conqueror, Spectrum and Elite ranges (19/06/2007): Swift Group’s top-of-the-range twin-axle ranges have become even more prestigious with the addition of class-leading security, Alde central heating, luxurious walk-in showers, and in three ranges, the addition of three new single-axle models. more info
Swift reposition Challenger and Conqueror ranges to give increased choice and high levels of specification (17/06/2007): The Swift Group has repositioned the top two ranges in the company’s multi brand model line up to give customers more choice and value and effectively straddle the top ranges of its major competitors. more info
Walk-in showers, restyled interiors and new exterior look for new Challenger, GTS, Eccles and Award ranges (16/06/2007): Swift Group has announced major changes to its popular Abbey GTS, Ace Award, Sterling Eccles and Swift Challenger ranges which are linked to price reductions in three of the ranges and a major increase in specification to the Award range. more info
Another accolade for award-winning Challenger 560 (19/04/2007): The Swift Challenger 560 has beaten off two competitors to win Practical Caravan’s latest Big Caravan Test. more info
New Alpine 2 continues Sprite value for money philosophy (19/04/2007): Swift’s new Alpine 2 has come up trumps in a Which Caravan magazine test, which praised it for having “good quality fittings, good specification and design” while offering superb value for money. more info
New Sprite Quattro offers “best-ever family layout” at amazing price (19/04/2007): The new twin-axle Sprite Quattro has come top in a three van test carried out by Which Caravan, which called it “the best family layout ever”. more info
How the Swift Group is helping the environment (07/03/2007): Recycling waste and reducing carbon emissions has been high on the agenda for Britain’s largest manufacturer of touring caravans and motorhomes the Swift Group for many years. more info
Swift Group achieves all-time record sales of motorhomes at NEC show (01/03/2007): The Swift Group is celebrating all-time record sales of motorhomes at a show after selling £10m worth of motorhomes during the NEC show last week (17-25 Feb). more info
Second prestigious award for Swift Challenger 560 (27/02/2007): The all new Swift Challenger 560 has picked up its second prestigious award – this time in the Caravan Club Centenary Design Awards 2007. more info
Quality finish, low price and great design help new Sprite model win Practical Caravan award (15/02/2007): The newest addition to Swift’s successful Sprite range has won the Practical Caravan Big Caravan Test. more info
Swift to launch stunning new motorhomes ranges at February NEC Show (13/02/2007): The Swift Group will unveil an impressive line-up of new motorhome ranges at the National Boat, Caravan and Outdoor Show 2007 at the Birmingham NEC from February 17-25. more info
Swift to launch stunning new tourer models at February NEC Show (13/02/2007): The Swift Group will unveil an impressive line-up of new tourer models at the National Boat, Caravan and Outdoor Show 2007 at the Birmingham NEC from February 17-25. more info
Style, quality and good value – the all new Sprite starting at only £9,650 (13/02/2007): With more models, generous interior space and high specification for the price and range, the all new Sprite is an outstanding buy with prices still starting at only £9,650. more info
The new Swift Kon-Tiki setting new standards in design, comfort, specification and driving qualities (13/02/2007): The all new Swift Kon-Tiki motorhome range offers a choice of powerful new MultiJet diesel engines and, in the Kon-Tiki 669, the first TAG axle island double bed model to carry the Kon-Tiki name. more info
Style, luxury and class-leading performance define the new Bessacarr E700 Series (13/02/2007): Sophisticated living spaces, a new Fiat Ducato X2/50 cab and powerful new engines have transformed the new Bessacarr E700 Series into one of the best-performing, most luxurious motorhome ranges ever launched by the Swift Group. more info
New Abbey Vogue 620 makes its debut at the NEC to join Swift’s three other new open plan, fixed bed twin axles (13/02/2007): The Swift Group’s new Abbey Vogue 620 will make its debut appearance at the National Boat, Caravan and Outdoor Show at the NEC from February 17-25. more info
Three more Swift single axle island double bed models get first public viewing at NEC (13/02/2007): The new Ace Award Tristar, Sterling Eccles Opal and Abbey GTS 420 will receive their public debut at the National Boat, Caravan and Outdoor Show 2007 at the NEC from February 17-25. more info
Four new spacious models from the Swift Group (13/02/2007): Four new models from the Swift Group, which will be among the most spacious single-axle tourers on the market, will be launched at the National Boat, Caravan and Motorhome Show at the NEC from February 17-25. more info
Swift toast their latest show success (13/02/2007): The Swift Group notched up nearly £2 million in touring caravan and motorhome sales at the Scottish Caravan & Outdoor Leisure Show 2007 at Glasgow’s SECC last week (8-11 February). more info
Swift Group wins most awards in Caravan Magazine’s Test Winner Awards 2007 (12/02/2007): The Swift Group are celebrating winning more awards than any other manufacturer in the Caravan Magazine Test Winner Awards 2007. more info
Swift to launch stunning new tourers at G-Mex (11/01/2007): Swift will unveil an impressive line-up of its new tourer ranges at the Caravan and Motorhome Show 2007 at G-Mex, Manchester, from January 18-21. more info
Get a glimpse of Swift’s best-performing, most luxurious motorhome ranges at G-Mex (11/01/2007): The Swift Group will unveil an impressive line-up of new motorhomes at the Caravan and Motorhome Show 2007 at G-Mex, Manchester, from January 18-21. more info