RV REVIEW

OVERHAULED NAVIGATOR!

During this year’ s Victorian Supershow, I spotted the Majestic Caravans Navigator. It had been heavily revised for 2026. As a result, it looked almost like a completely different van to the Navigator 196 I reviewed in mid 2025.

Majestic has been producing caravans for a couple of decades, adapting to new market trends and employing new materials as they became available. When I think back to the first van from Majestic Caravans that I ever towed and reviewed – a Tiara with the old-style internal cabinetry hand-made from meranti and ply, clad with traditional ribbed aluminium – the difference is night and day.

While the difference between the new Navigator 196 and the one we looked at last year is not quite as stark, there were enough changes to warrant lowering its DO35 coupling onto the towbar of my borrowed D-MAX and hit the open road …

EXTERNAL UPGRADES

There are a number of aesthetic differences to this van for 2026. The most obvious: the addition of aluminium plating to the external joins in lieu of J-mould. Visually, I found the rear spoiler – another new feature to this van – appealing, and it works as a handy mounting point for an LED bar and a reversing camera.

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