Clasica, a Eugene, Oregon startup, sells a $28,500 fiberglass camper that weighs under 1,200 pounds, light enough for a crossover or sedan to tow.
The trailer weighs under 1,200 pounds with a 148-pound tongue weight, runs 12 feet long, and stands 7 feet 3 inches with its pop-top closed, rising to 6 feet 1 inch of standing headroom when it's open, according to reporting by The Autopian and Gear Patrol. The one-piece fiberglass shell has no wood in its structure, so there's nothing to rot, and it rides a German Al-Ko torsion axle with sealed wheel bearings rated for 62,000 miles, per The Autopian's reporting.
Inside, the trailer skips almost everything but a Dometic mini fridge and sink, a Goal Zero Yeti 1500 6G power station, a 3-gallon water tank, LED lighting and a solar-panel connector, with panels sold separately. Two dinettes fold into a single bed and a double bed. There's no heater, no air conditioner and no bathroom, and none of those are available even as options; a portable propane stove ships with the trailer instead of a built-in one. "There's no built-in interior cooking by design, keeping the inside clean, minimal and free from lingering smells, grease or heat, while making meals part of the outdoor experience," the company says on its website.
For overlanders who already have a built rig, the appeal is a low-maintenance basecamp light enough to hook up to nearly anything already in the driveway, something to leave at a dispersed site or a trailhead while the tow vehicle goes exploring unencumbered. Clasica is competing on weight, simplicity and retro styling rather than off-pavement capability; the company doesn't sell a rugged trim, so it's best treated as a pavement-and-graded-road companion rather than a trail-behind-the-rig trailer.
The minimalism has a history in how the company started, restoring other people's rotted-out trailers before building one of its own.
Rachel and Gerson Miranda began Clasica in their garage in Eugene, restoring derelict fiberglass campers before deciding to build a new one. Working through old stick-built trailers first, they saw how badly wood-framed campers rot over time. When they later found a vintage Boler, a Canadian fiberglass camper of similar age, it had none of that damage, according to the company's account of its founding.
The couple eventually bought a vintage Niewiadów N126, a Polish fiberglass caravan that has been in continuous production since 1973 and was originally built light enough to be towed by a Polski Fiat 126p. They acquired the molds used to build the 1970s version of that trailer and, the company says, worked with Oregon State University's engineering department on an early prototype, though no independent OSU announcement of the partnership could be found. "Clasica began in our garage in Eugene, Oregon," the Mirandas wrote in the company's account of its founding. "It started as something we wanted to build together."
The Clasica that resulted is close to a direct copy of the N126's body, according to the company, with a metal roof seam that's cosmetic rather than structural. What's new is the mechanicals underneath it: the German axle, the galvanized frame and a set of systems built around the idea that most extra features are more weight and more to break, not more comfort.
What to check before buying
Clasica's closest domestic competitor is Scamp. A Scamp 13 Standard, configured with a stove, solar panels and a lithium battery, runs about $23,040, or $24,556 with air conditioning, a furnace and propane added, according to The Autopian's reporting; a pre-built unit lists for $26,500. All of those trims sleep four, one more than the Clasica. A Scamp 13 Lite comes closer to matching Clasica's minimalism for about $17,295. But the comparison cuts against Clasica on ground clearance: Scamp's Standard and Lite trims list 12 inches of it, and a 13X trim adds 18 inches and Timbren heavy-duty suspension for rougher roads, according to Scamp's own specifications. Clasica doesn't sell an equivalent trim, and owner consensus on fiberglass-trailer forums treats stock clearance on any of these trailers as good for graded forest-service roads at best, with a roughly 4-inch lift as the common fix once a trailer starts dragging.
As of July 10, the company's first production batch was sold out, with a $500 deposit reserving a future build; The Autopian reported a similar multi-month wait a few days earlier. Clasica sells factory-direct and isn't listed with any major RV or outdoor retailer as of this writing. Buyers should confirm current lead times directly with the company before ordering.
At $28,500, the premium buys European styling and roughly 400 fewer pounds than a similarly equipped Scamp, the tradeoff Clasica is betting buyers will make for a trailer that's easier to tow.
How we reported this
This article draws on the following sources, accessed July 13-14, 2026:
- Clasica Campers: the manufacturer's product and origin-story pages; company specs, founder account, and pricing.
- The Autopian: independent first-look reporting (July 7, 2026), primary source for weight, dimensions, mechanicals, and the Scamp price comparison.
- Gear Patrol, via Yahoo Autos: independent coverage (July 10, 2026), corroborating spec source.
- Scamp Trailers: competitor's own specifications for the 13 Standard, Lite, and 13X trims.
- FiberglassRV.com owner forums: context only, for what "off-road" realistically means for stock fiberglass-trailer ground clearance.