RWD-powered campervan - any uk dealers currently importing?

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Giving some thought to replacing our mh for a campervan in order to do some more in-depth exploring of currently inaccessible villages and attractions, mainly throughout the European mainland.
My preference is therefore for a rear-wheel drive model and of German manufacture. La Strada and CS Reisemobile are manufacturers which interest me but I believe that the former is no longer imported by Webbs (I believe that they were the importers) and the latter does not have UK representation.
As we would need to part-ex our current mh I was wondering whether any funsters have had any experience of a UK dealer acting as importer/agent for a one-off purchase and who would take my mh as p/ex. ( Bundesvan used to offer a service of this type but have now closed due to retirement.)
For reasons which I will not go into, I am unable to sell our (RHD) mh and then travel to Germany to purchase and import independently. (Nothing dodgy, simply immensely inconvenient.)
My question is therefore purely to ask if anyone has had experience of making a one-off purchase of a continental vehicle from a uk dealer who is not an official importer of the make.
Thanks.
 
My friend had the same dilemma. He ended up purchasing a Mercedes Sprinter extra long wheelbase van and had it converted to his specification. Job done and problem solved.
 
CS reisemobile north of Hamburg don't do part exchange unless you already have a fairly modern CS model

You have no chance of getting rid of a RHD abroad so first thing is to sell yours privately, that's the first part of the equation sorted

That puts you then in a good position to haggle with the German dealer but then comes a difficult bit if you don't want to travel to view etc

Some German dealers will drive it to the port, Durrwang in Dortmund are one

CS are a good company and have good English speaking staff, when you have sold yours ring them up, if you have the money then maybe they could arrange a solution, or, arrange for it to be driven to the port, one of the German dealers offered to do it for us

Contact La Strada and ask if they have any solutions and if they are planning to get another dealer

By the way there are 2 La Strada regent S models for sale in the UK at the minute, both dealers do PX, one is camper uk and the other is premier motorhomes. Both RHD models.
 

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