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Desert Rose
Images from New Age Caravans
- From
- $142,740
- Max weight (ATM)
- 3,580kg
- Sleeps
- 2
- Length
- 18-20ft
About the Desert Rose
New Age's Desert Rose is a full off-road couples van in one 18ft ensuite layout, on a 6in hot-dipped galvanised chassis with Cruisemaster XT airbag suspension and twin shocks. Tare is 2,880kg against a 3,580kg ATM, with 800W of solar, 220L of fresh water and a honeycomb floor.
- Full off-road build - engineered for corrugations, river crossings, and genuine remote touring
- Off-grid ready: 800W of solar, 5kWh lithium battery, 220L fresh water - stay out longer between hook-ups
- Full internal ensuite - your own bathroom, no shared amenities block
- Couples layout - the bed and living space of a bigger van without the length
Technical specifications
About New Age Caravans
Two people buy this van at the same price. One gets a loan rate 2% higher than the other.
Over seven years, the one with the higher rate pays about $9,700 more.
Different lenders will offer you different rates.
Jade's loan specialists compare offers from major banks and other lenders, and negotiate on your behalf.
A free two-minute quote from Jade tells you what your loan would cost, before you sign anything.
Asking commits you to nothing. You can say no thanks at any point. Jade runs no credit check to give you the quote.
Jade arranges the loan. The dealer sells you the van.
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Example figures: 20% deposit, seven years, change them in the calculator.
Your shortlist keeps every saved van on one page to compare side by side, and you can email the list to yourself.
Towing and weights
A guide from this van's ATM only. The numbers that decide it are your car's towing capacity, its GCM (Gross Combination Mass) and the compliance plates.Check your car properly
What towing this van needs
A brake controller in the car. Coupled up, the New Age Caravans Desert Rose puts about 3,300kg on its wheels, and Australian law needs a controller above 2,000kg GTM (Gross Trailer Mass).
How to choose one →A weight distribution hitch is worth pricing. The New Age Caravans Desert Rose's ball weight is 280kg.
How to choose one →
Figures come from the maker's published specs.
Insurance for your New Age Caravans Desert Rose
Agreed value and market value pay out differently
Before you get quotes, find out what changes the amount a caravan policy pays out.
Read the insurance guideBefore you go and see it
Finance first, then the phone call, then the checks at the van.
1Walk in with the money already sorted
The same van costs about $9,700 more over seven years with a loan rate 2% higher.
Different lenders will offer you different rates.
Jade's loan specialists compare offers from major banks and other lenders, and negotiate on your behalf.
A free two-minute finance quote from Jade tells you what your loan would cost, before you ring the dealer.
Get a free finance quote to take to the yardAsking commits you to nothing. You can say no thanks at any point. Jade runs no credit check to give you the quote.
Jade arranges the loan. The dealer sells you the van.
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Example figures: 20% deposit, seven years, change them in the calculator.
Or have Jade call you about this van
A Jade specialist calls you to talk it through.
2Ring ahead, then go see it
Dealers that carry New Age Caravans, from the brand's own list. Stock moves all the time, so call before you drive out.
Built in Campbellfield, VIC. See it at a dealer below.
When you call, ask:
- Have you got the New Age Caravans Desert Rose in the yard now, or is it on order?
- Can I come and walk through it this week?
- What's your best drive-away price on it?
- Is it the same build I compared, with matching layout, weights and features?
3When you get there, check
- The compliance plate - check the tare and ATM against the specs you compared here. The plate carries the legal numbers.
Where the plate is and how to read it - Water damage - soft spots in the floor, stains on the walls, or a musty smell in the cupboards.
How to spot water damage - That everything works - lights, water pump, fridge, gas, and the brakes and hitch.
The full inspection checklist, system by system - Sort your finance before you hand over a deposit, so you are never committed to a van you cannot finance.
Read before you go
Our guides for the day you go and look.
Delivery and freight
If there's no dealer in your state, most brands deliver Australia-wide. You can also collect from the factory. Interstate freight is a real cost, often a few thousand dollars, and it climbs with distance, so factor it in before you commit.
Email yourself the to-do list
We'll send the to-do list, the dealer details and your finance link for the New Age Caravans Desert Rose, ready on your phone at the yard.
We use your email to send this one list and we don't add you to a mailing list.How we handle it: privacy policy. The finance link in the email goes to our partner Jade Finance, and partners can pay us.
Earlier model years
These are the specs New Age published for the Desert Rose in earlier model years. We read them off copies of the maker's own pages saved at the time.
Floorplan 18ft Ensuite
| Model year | Tare (kg) | Ball weight (kg) |
|---|---|---|
| 2023year estimated. Saved 24 February 2023 | 2860 | 215 |
| 2024year estimated. Saved 29 February 2024 | 2860 | 215 |
| 2025year estimated. Saved 15 March 2025 | 2860 | 215 |
Each year links to the New Age page the figures came from, saved on the date shown.
Where a year says "year estimated", we have taken the year from the date the page was published.
Always check the compliance plate and the papers on the van in front of you.
