Rimor Horus 12 campervan

It’s unusual to find a French bed in a campervan, unheard of in a medium-wheelbase…

Rimor is a name to know if you’re looking for a brand-new campervan on a tight budget. This Italian company builds overcab and low-profile motorhomes and also has a line-up of Fiat-based campervans, called Horus.

We’ve been fans of Rimor’s simple, value-for-money style for a while and the Horus 40 was highly commended in the 2025 Campervan Awards. Now, there’s a new addition to the range in 2025 – the Horus 12.

The Horus range already included rear single and double beds, rear lounges and bunk beds but the 12 adds a layout rarely seen in a van conversion, the French bed. That it does so not in the 5.99m Ducato, as you’d expect, or even the extra-long 6.36m van, but the compact medium-wheelbase version is quite remarkable. 
 

So, here you have a half-dinette lounge with swivel cab seats, the kitchen adjacent to the offside sliding door and a washroom alongside the rear bed. That’s a lot to cram into a small panel van.

The bed

Where the Horus 12 immediately scores, though, is the way the rear double bed (running lengthways, of course) folds in half. With its slatted base raised, you have a long load area that can accommodate bikes or maybe a surfboard. You then have a walk-through from the rear doors, too.

Folded down for sleeping, the double bed measures 1.90m by 1.12m and there’s a corner extension with support leg, so there’s no cut-off corner as is usually the case with a French bed. The downside, though, is that night-time access to the washroom becomes very tight – you need to be really slim. If you’re a solo camper, though, it might be worth converting the Horus’ bed into a single.

As with any typical French bed layout, the washroom sits alongside the bed, which is quite a challenge in the confines of a panel van. Obviously, the bed is on the slim side but the washroom is more spacious than it looks at first. There’s plenty of leg and shoulder room on the loo and you can pull out the showerhead from the rear corner to hand hold it or clip it to the wall. There’s a smart clear bowl for a washbasin but washroom storage is limited – just an open shelf above the loo.

The kitchen is, of course, compact, too, but it has everything you really need – a two-burner hob and sink combination unit, a modicum of worktop (more with the extension flap), a 70-litre compressor fridge and storage in a trio of drawers (one with cutlery holder). A mains socket is fitted beneath the worktop panel by the entrance.

The spec

There’s an electric step at the sliding door, which is also fitted with a flyscreen and, as you come in, the lounge faces you. The bench seat has automotive-type head restraints and two three-point seatbelts, while the table clips to the wall (or can be used outside, fixed to the back of the galley). There’s a large rooflight above but you’ll have to duck to walk into the cab and the overcab shelf is retained here. The cab seats retain Fiat fabrics, so contrast with the half-dinette.

The limited living space in this model will make it of more niche appeal here in Britain than the Horus 40 and Horus 66 rear lounge layouts but this newcomer still plays the value card strongly. Prices start at £56,995, to which you’ll have to add £995 if you want metallic paint, £1,350 for alloy wheels and £3,000 for an automatic gearbox. 

Standard spec includes Truma Combi 4 heating, an 85-litre inboard fresh water tank, 90-litre grey tank and a hypoallergenic high-density mattress for the rear bed.
 

Rimor’s Horus range includes more conventional floorplans but here the company has squeezed a French bed into a 5.41m Fiat Ducato with mixed results. It’s a niche model that would suit slim or solo campervanners best.