company industry recreational vehicles founded 1961 founder trevelyan family headquarters broadway worcestershire england area served united kingdom europe owner geoff scott and mike crouch website auto sleepers.co.uk auto sleepers sometimes incorrectly spelt as autosleeper or auto sleepers is an english manufacturer of campervan motorhomes based in willersey a small village near broadway worcestershire . contents 1 history 2 present 3 references 4 external links history edit 1991 auto sleepers harmony on a talbot express chassis in 1961 the trevelyan family and their two young sons built their own motorhome based on a morris commercial j2 van which they took on holiday to the south of france . on return they converted an austin van which attracted five orders from henlys in bristol . going into business with local builder bob halling the first retail products were produced . 1 auto sleepers clamshell design based on a volkswagen transporter t4 chassis auto sleepers core product developed through the adoption of the successful monocoque body a two piece clamshell glass fibre unit which gave the living unit strength and a lack of edge joints which on a traditional sandwich construction produce a weaker body which is prone to leaking . the company developed rapidly and quickly became a product market leader in the united kingdom as well as exporting its vehicles to france belgium the netherlands luxembourg germany switzerland new zealand australia and japan the trevelyan family sold the business in 1997 to steven riley and bill cook whilst retaining a small shareholding themselves . in 2000 the company was sold to ian capes and stuart johnson whose marquis company in 2005 was acquired by the italian motorhome manufacturing company sea group . 2 present edit modern auto sleepers nuevo based on a peugeot boxer chassis like most british based motorcaravan manufacturers its vehicles are based on van chassis supplied by major motor manufacturers including the peugeot boxer volkswagen lt and mercedes benz sprinter ; the ford transit based conversions were dropped in 2010 . the service centre is based in willersey near broadway worcestershire formerly managed by last family member involved with the business charles trevelyan . in june 2009 existing directors geoff scott and mike crouch acquired 100 % of the shareholding to become equal partners returning asg auto sleeper and marquis retail into british private ownership . 3 references edit the auto sleepers story . auto sleepers . 2009 08 10 . auto sleepers latest news http www.auto sleepers.co.uk index.php mact news cntnt01 detail 0 & cntnt01articleid 28 & cntnt01origid 58 & cntnt01returnid 58 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to auto sleepers . company website auto sleepers owners club auto sleeper owners forum auto sleepers at dmoz retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title auto sleepers & oldid 698792583 categories recreational vehicle manufacturersmotor vehicle manufacturers of the united kingdomcompanies based in worcestershirevehicle manufacturing companies established in 1961hidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidataarticles with dmoz links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 8 january 2016 at 07 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view