World's smallest caravan announced by Guinness World Records
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It's official! The world's smallest caravan is the QTvan, says Gunniess World Records
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We asked the question "is this the world's smalest caravan?" in 2012 and it's finally been answered! Yannick Reed, aged 43, makes a living as a website writer, but in his spare time he is an inventor. He is now the owner of the record for building the smallest caravan; it measures 2.39m in length, 1.53m high and 0.79m wide. Its name: The QTvan.
In spite of its size, Yannick says that it is surprisingly comfortable and he has been on mini-breaks in the tiny tourer. He has also towed the caravan through the aisles of his local Tesco.
He says that he gets lots of smiles from people who see him towing his tiny caravan. He is now making plans to make some other smallest related creations and tell us to ‘watch this space’.
The Guinness World Records 2015 edition is out today, for more information visit guinnessworldrecords.com
The official 2015 GWR for the smallest caravan
The smallest caravan is the QTvan, manufactured by the Environmental Transport Association (UK) and measured in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK, on 5 June 2013.Other caravan records
Fastest time to pull a caravan over 50 metresThe fastest caravan pull over 50m is 13.59 sec and was set by Warrick Brant (Australia) on the set of Australia Smashes Guinness World Records at the Willowbank Raceway in Willowbank, Queensland, Australia, 23 January 2010.
Fastest caravan tow
The fastest caravan tow is 141.998 mph and was achieved by Jason Sands (USA) driving a GMC 2500HD and towing a standard Carson Kalispell at El Mirage Dry Lake, California, USA, on 23 August 2012.
Largest caravan
The largest two-wheeled five-storey caravan was built in 1990 for H.E Sheik Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is 20m long, 12m wide and weighs 122 tonnes. There are eight bedrooms and bathrooms, four garages and water storage for 24,000 litres.
Longest ramp jump with caravan
Professional stuntman Derek Lea (UK) jumped a distance of 57.2m in a car towing a full-sized caravan at Bentwaters Parks, Suffolk, UK, on 5 May 2004 for the TV motoring show, 5th Gear.
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