The Rapido Group is a French manufacturer of motorhomes in Mayenne, France. Rapido Group owns Rapido RVs and other moterhome/van brands: Campérêve, Dreamer, Fleurette, Florium, Giottiline, Itineo, Rapidhome, Westfalia, Roadtrek, Stylevan and Wild’Ax.[1][2]
History
Rapido Group was founded in 1948 by cabinetmaker Constant Rousseau. Rousseau started a cabinetmaker/carpentry company in Châtillon-sur-Colmont in France. Rousseau moved into camping when he a made folding caravan trailer for his family in 1958. His cabinetmaker/carpentry company moved into camping trailers in the 1961, winning the first prize in the Lépine competition. His folding caravan trailer he called Rapido, after the Rapido River in Italy, that is visited in 1961. In 1975 the folding caravan trailer factory moved to Mayenne, France. Rousseau son, Pierre Rousseau join the leadership of the company. In the early 1980, Rapido Group started making motorhomes. In 1983, the Rapido first motorhome was the Randonneur 410, a Class C motorhome