The JUCY Fleet: Seven Campervans, Five Vehicles
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Models in the fleet
2–6
Sleeps
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Unsealed roads OK
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With Webasto heater
JUCY rents seven campervans in New Zealand under two badges — Crib, Chaser and Condo as JUCY, and Cloudbreak, Sundaze, Sunseeker and Big Kahuna as Chill'd by JUCY. They run from a 4.6-metre Toyota Estima you drive like a car to a 7.9-metre Mercedes coachbuilt, and every one of them is automatic.
Five of the seven are three vehicles. The Chaser and the Sundaze carry the same chassis, the same 2016 fit-out, the same two beds at 188 and 198 centimetres, the same 50-litre fridge and the same 80- and 85-litre tanks; the Condo and the Sunseeker match each other line for line in the same way. JUCY publishes the same floor-plan drawings on both pages of each pair, and half the photographs on the two Chill'd pages are filed on its servers under the JUCY twin's name. What the badge buys you is a badge.
The genuinely different decisions are two. First, a toilet: the Crib and the Cloudbreak have none, which rules out freedom camping wherever the national rule applies, and JUCY says so plainly on both pages. Second, warmth: six of the seven heat only the driver's cab, so on a cold night the heat stops when the engine does. Only the Big Kahuna heats the living space, and only plugged into a powered site. Below that, the fleet separates on fridge size, water capacity and whether there is a shower.
Every JUCY camper, side by side
Tap a model name to jump to its photos, video and full spec sheet. Scroll the table sideways on a phone — the model column stays put.
| Model | Base vehicle | Seats | Sleeps | Gearbox | Drive | Fuel | Unsealed roads OK | Night heating | Rented | Bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crib | Toyota Estima (2004–2007) | 2 | 2 | Automatic | 2WD | Petrol | No | None | All year | 170 × 120 cm |
| Cloudbreak | Toyota Tarago or similar (2000–2005) | 4 | 2 | Automatic | 2WD | Petrol | No | None | All year | 170 × 130 cm |
| Chaser | Toyota HiAce (2005–2019) | 3 | 3 | Automatic | 2WD | Petrol | No | None | All year | 188 × 135 cm and 198 × 135 cm |
| Sundaze | Toyota HiAce (2005–2019) | 3 | 3 | Automatic | 2WD | Petrol | No | None | All year | 188 × 135 cm and 198 × 135 cm |
| Condo | Toyota HiAce (2005–2013) | 4 | 4 | Automatic | 2WD | Petrol | No | None | All year | 188 × 135 cm and 198 × 135 cm |
| Sunseeker | Toyota HiAce (2005–2013) | 4 | 4 | Automatic | 2WD | Petrol | No | None | All year | 188 × 135 cm and 198 × 135 cm |
| Big Kahuna | Mercedes or Iveco coachbuilt (2017–2022) | 6 | 6 | Automatic | 2WD | Diesel | No | Hookup only | All year | 210 × 140 cm ×2 and 190 × 120 cm |
JUCY publishes no drivetrain for any model, so the drive column reads 2WD rather than guessing between front and rear. It makes no practical difference: the booking terms exclude every vehicle from unsealed roads regardless. Dimensions, bed sizes, tanks and fridge capacities are transcribed from JUCY's own specification tables and feature lists. Where the two disagree — the Big Kahuna's fridge at 150 litres against 90, the Condo and Sunseeker's 55 litres described as fresh in one place and grey in another — both figures are printed above rather than averaged. Overall height is JUCY's published figure. The three HiAce models are listed at 3 metres with 1.92 metres inside, and the Big Kahuna at 3.6 metres; measure car parks, ferry decks and low branches against the outside number. Availability differs by depot. Sampling JUCY's booking API on 10 August 2026 across all three depots and five departure dates from August 2026 to March 2027, Auckland returned stop-sell for the Cloudbreak, Sundaze and Sunseeker every time, and Queenstown returned stop-sell for the Big Kahuna every time. Christchurch carried all seven. That is a snapshot, not a policy JUCY publishes — check your own dates. JUCY also fronts three Star RV Polaris motorhomes and two rental cars through the same booking form, so a JUCY search can return vehicles that are not on this page. Star RV is a separate brand with its own fleet and its own site; these seven are what JUCY lists under its own campervan range.
Two berths, no toilet
The two cheapest campers, both people-movers with the back seats replaced. Interior height is 1.2 metres, so nobody stands up; cooking is a portable burner on a gas cartridge; there is no mains hookup on either, so a powered site buys you nothing. Neither is self-contained, and JUCY states that outright on both model pages — freedom camping under the national rule is out.
Crib
A twenty-year-old people-mover with a kitchen in the boot
The whole kitchen is behind the tailgate. Cooking happens outside, in whatever weather there is.
The entry point, and the smallest thing JUCY rents: a 2004–2007 Toyota Estima, 4.6 metres long, on a fit-out JUCY dates to 2023 or newer. Two seatbelts, two berths, and a bed made by folding the bench seats. The kitchen lives behind the tailgate — an 18-litre compressor fridge, a sink fed by a 25-litre tank and a portable burner that runs on gas cartridges rather than a bottle. Interior height is 1.2 metres, so the van is somewhere to sleep and cook, not somewhere to sit out weather.
- Cheapest and smallest
- Not self-contained
- No mains hookup
- 18 L fridge
- Base vehicle
- Toyota Estima, 2004–2007
- Seats / sleeps
- 2 / 2
- Bed
- 170 × 120 cm
- Gearbox
- Automatic
- Drive
- 2WD · Petrol
- Tank
- 60 L
- Length
- 4.60 m
- Unsealed roads OK
- Not allowed
- Night heating
- None fitted
- Rental season
- Year-round
- Luggage
- 2 large and 2 small bags
- Min. driver age
- 18
Best for
Two people in summer who want the cheapest automatic camper from an airport gateway, are booking campsites every night anyway, and would rather drive something the size of a car on narrow roads.
Watch out
It is not self-contained — JUCY says so in its own FAQ — so freedom camping under the national rule is out. There is also no 240 V hookup, which makes a powered site pointless and rules out any plug-in heater, even though JUCY's own extras list for this model offers "Heating". The 25-litre tank is quoted at about two days between refills.
Full equipment list (21)
- Portable gas cooker on cartridges
- 18 L compressor fridge
- Sink with tap and drain
- 25 L fresh water tank
- No grey water tank
- Internal table and two bench seats
- Seats convert to a double bed
- 1.2 m interior height
- Curtains on all windows
- Interior 12 V lighting
- Dual battery, USB charging while driving
- No 240 V hookup
- Air conditioning in the cab
- CD player and radio
- Power steering and ABS
- Cutlery, dinnerware, kitchen equipment and utensils
- Linen, pillows and duvet
- Bath towels and tea towel
- Bucket, brush and dustpan
- AA roadside breakdown assistance
- Unlimited kilometres
Cloudbreak
The oldest van in the fleet, and the least documented
The only New Zealand photograph on the Cloudbreak's page — the green Chill'd livery.
The Chill'd badge on the same idea as the Crib, and the oldest vehicle JUCY rents here: a Toyota Tarago or similar from 2000–2005, four seatbelts but only two berths, with roof racks the Crib does not get. The kitchen is the same rear-hatch arrangement with an 18-litre fridge and a portable cartridge burner, and the fit-out is dated 2023 or newer. The one figure that separates it is water: 10 litres, the smallest tank in this market by a wide margin.
- Oldest vehicle in the fleet
- Not self-contained
- 10 L water tank
- Roof racks
- Base vehicle
- Toyota Tarago or similar, 2000–2005
- Seats / sleeps
- 4 / 2
- Bed
- 170 × 130 cm
- Gearbox
- Automatic
- Drive
- 2WD · Petrol
- Tank
- 60 L
- Length
- 4.70 m
- Unsealed roads OK
- Not allowed
- Night heating
- None fitted
- Rental season
- Year-round
- Luggage
- Not published — storage is under the bench seats
- Min. driver age
- 18
Best for
Two people travelling with bulky gear — the extra seatbelts and the roof racks are the only things here the Crib cannot do — who are booking campsites anyway and want the cheapest way to do it.
Watch out
JUCY publishes no description of this camper anywhere on its site: the model page carries the amenity grid and the specification table but no prose, and the compare panel that describes every other model skips it. Six of the seven photographs in its gallery are Australian — one shows a Queensland plate on the front bumper — and the floor plan on the page is the Crib's drawing, filed under the Crib's name, for a van with four seats instead of two. It is not self-contained, and the 10-litre tank is roughly a day of washing up.
Full equipment list (22)
- Portable gas cooker on cartridges
- 18 L compressor fridge
- Sink with tap and drain
- 10 L water tank
- No grey water tank
- Four seatbelts, convertible double sleeps two
- Two bench seats with storage underneath
- Roof racks
- 1.2 m interior height
- Curtains on all windows
- Interior 12 V lighting
- Dual 12 V battery system
- No 240 V hookup
- Air conditioning in the cab
- CD player and FM radio
- Power steering and ABS
- Cutlery, dinnerware, kitchen equipment and utensils
- Duvet, pillows and sheets
- Towels and tea towel
- Bucket and cleaning equipment
- 24/7 roadside assistance
- Unlimited kilometres
Three berths, shower and toilet
The only pair in the fleet with a shower. A high-roof Toyota HiAce on JUCY's 2016 fit-out, 1.92 metres inside, with a 50-litre fridge and, by JUCY's spec table, 50 litres of fresh water and a 55-litre waste tank — its feature list says 80 and 85. Certified self-contained. JUCY refuses child and booster seats in both, which is the detail that quietly disqualifies them for families.
Chaser
The one with a shower, and the fleet's most-reviewed camper
The high-roof HiAce. JUCY quotes 3 m to the top of the pod, 1.92 m inside.
A high-roof Toyota HiAce of 2005–2019 on JUCY's 2016 fit-out, and the model most of JUCY's New Zealand business runs through — its own on-site review counter sits above five thousand ratings for this camper alone. Three seatbelts, two doubles at 188 × 135 and 198 × 135 centimetres, 1.92 metres of standing height, a two-burner gas cooker on an LPG bottle, a 50-litre compressor fridge, and 50 litres of fresh water against a 55-litre waste tank by JUCY's spec table (its feature list says 80 and 85). Certified self-contained, with a shower and toilet on board.
- Only fleet pair with a shower
- Self-contained
- 50 L fridge
- No child seats
- Base vehicle
- Toyota HiAce, 2005–2019
- Seats / sleeps
- 3 / 3
- Bed
- 188 × 135 cm and 198 × 135 cm
- Gearbox
- Automatic
- Drive
- 2WD · Petrol
- Tank
- 70 L
- Length
- 4.70 m
- Unsealed roads OK
- Not allowed
- Night heating
- None fitted
- Rental season
- Year-round
- Luggage
- 3 large and 4 small bags
- Min. driver age
- 18
Best for
Two or three adults who want a shower, a toilet and the right to freedom camp, and who would rather book the model with the deepest track record in the fleet.
Watch out
No child seats and no booster seats are permitted in this camper — JUCY's own page redirects families to the Condo. Nothing heats the living space: JUCY lists a portable heater as a paid extra at checkout, and it needs the 240 V hookup, so it is a powered-site device. JUCY also publishes 3 metres of overall height against 1.92 inside, which is the figure to measure car parks and ferry decks against.
Full equipment list (24)
- Certified self-contained (shower and toilet)
- Two-burner gas cooker on an LPG bottle
- 50 L compressor fridge
- Fresh water tank: 50 L in the spec table, 80 L in the feature list
- Grey water tank: 55 L in the spec table, 85 L in the feature list
- Sink with tap and drain
- Shower
- Toilet
- Inside table
- Two bench seats converting to two doubles
- 1.92 m interior height
- Blinds on all windows
- Interior 12 V lighting
- Dual 12 V battery system
- 240 V mains campground hookup
- Air conditioning in the cab
- Radio and AUX input
- Power steering
- Cutlery, dinnerware, kitchen equipment and utensils
- Linen, pillows and duvet
- Bath towels and tea towel
- Bucket, brush and dustpan
- AA roadside breakdown assistance
- Unlimited kilometres
Sundaze
The Chaser with a Chill'd sticker on the roof pod
The Sundaze. The Chill'd badge on the pod is the difference from a Chaser.
JUCY publishes the Sundaze and the Chaser as the same vehicle. Same Toyota HiAce of 2005–2019, same 2016 fit-out, same 2-litre petrol engine, same 4.7 by 1.68 metres, same 1.92 metres inside, same beds at 188 × 135 and 198 × 135, same 50-litre fridge, same 80- and 85-litre tanks, same shower, same toilet, same certification, same eighteen-item feature list down to the punctuation. The photograph below shows the only visible difference: a Chill'd badge where the JUCY one goes.
- Identical to the Chaser
- Self-contained
- Chill'd badge only
- No child seats
- Base vehicle
- Toyota HiAce, 2005–2019
- Seats / sleeps
- 3 / 3
- Bed
- 188 × 135 cm and 198 × 135 cm
- Gearbox
- Automatic
- Drive
- 2WD · Petrol
- Tank
- 70 L
- Length
- 4.70 m
- Unsealed roads OK
- Not allowed
- Night heating
- None fitted
- Rental season
- Year-round
- Luggage
- 3 large and 4 small bags
- Min. driver age
- 18
Best for
Anyone comparing three-berth prices who has worked out that this is the Chaser — if the Sundaze quotes lower on your dates, it is the same camper for less.
Watch out
This record reads as a copy of the Chaser's, and one field did not survive it: the model year sits under a mangled "Vehicle'" key where the Chaser's reads "Vehicle year". Five of the ten photographs in its gallery are stored under Chaser filenames, and the floor plans on the page are the Chaser's drawings. JUCY's own on-site review counter shows zero ratings for this model against more than five thousand for the Chaser, and on every date we sampled from Auckland the Sundaze came back stop-sell while the Chaser sold freely.
Full equipment list (24)
- Certified self-contained (shower and toilet)
- Two-burner gas cooker on an LPG bottle
- 50 L compressor fridge
- Fresh water tank: 50 L in the spec table, 80 L in the feature list
- Grey water tank: 55 L in the spec table, 85 L in the feature list
- Sink with tap and drain
- Shower
- Toilet
- Inside table
- Two bench seats converting to two doubles
- 1.92 m interior height
- Blinds on all windows
- Interior 12 V lighting
- Dual 12 V battery system
- 240 V mains campground hookup
- Air conditioning in the cab
- Radio and AUX input
- Power steering
- Cutlery, dinnerware, kitchen equipment and utensils
- Linen, pillows and duvet
- Bath towels and tea towel
- Bucket, brush and dustpan
- AA roadside breakdown assistance
- Unlimited kilometres
Four berths, toilet, no shower
The same HiAce shell on JUCY's newer fit-out, with a second double folded into the roof, an 80-litre fridge and a fixed toilet. No shower on either, and the toilet is a pedestal in a rear-corner cupboard rather than a bathroom. Child seats are allowed here, up to two.
Condo
Four berths, the biggest fridge under six, and no shower
The Condo's pod is bigger than the Chaser's — it holds a full second double.
The family model, and the other half of JUCY's New Zealand volume — its on-site counter carries more ratings for the Condo than for any other camper it rents. A 2005–2013 HiAce on the newer fit-out, with a second double folded into the roof so four people sleep in a 4.7-metre van. An 80-litre fridge, a two-burner cooker, inside and outside tables, a 7-inch stereo with CarPlay and Android Auto, and a fixed toilet that makes it certified self-contained.
- Self-contained, fixed toilet
- 80 L fridge
- No shower
- Child seats allowed
- Base vehicle
- Toyota HiAce, 2005–2013
- Seats / sleeps
- 4 / 4
- Bed
- 188 × 135 cm and 198 × 135 cm
- Gearbox
- Automatic
- Drive
- 2WD · Petrol
- Tank
- 70 L
- Length
- 4.70 m
- Unsealed roads OK
- Not allowed
- Night heating
- None fitted
- Rental season
- Year-round
- Luggage
- 3 large and 3 small bags
- Min. driver age
- 18
Best for
Four people, or two who want the space, on a route with campgrounds on it — and families, since this is one of only two models JUCY will fit child seats in.
Watch out
There is no shower and no bathroom. JUCY's own photograph, below, shows the fixed toilet as a pedestal inside a rear-corner cupboard reached through the back of the van — the door on it is a cupboard door, not a cubicle. The water figures also disagree with themselves: the feature list reads 55 litres fresh and 60 grey, while the prose on the same page calls the 55 litres grey.
Full equipment list (25)
- Certified self-contained (fixed toilet)
- Two-burner gas cooker, cartridges or LPG bottle by vehicle
- 80 L compressor fridge
- 55 L fresh water tank
- 60 L grey water tank
- Sink with tap and drain
- Fixed toilet
- Inside and outside tables
- Bench seats converting to a double
- Roof double bed
- 1.92 m interior height
- 7" stereo with Bluetooth, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay
- USB charging ports
- Curtains on all windows
- Interior 12 V lighting
- Dual 12 V battery system
- 240 V mains campground hookup
- Air conditioning in the cab
- Power steering and ABS
- Full kitchen kit, cutlery and dinnerware
- Linen, pillows and duvet
- Bath towels and tea towel
- Bucket, brush and dustpan
- AA roadside breakdown assistance
- Unlimited kilometres
Sunseeker
The Condo, sold under the Chill'd badge
From the Sunseeker page. The van in it is badged JUCY, not Chill'd.
The second identical pair. JUCY publishes the Sunseeker and the Condo with the same chassis and years, the same fit-out, the same 4.7 by 1.68 metres, the same two doubles, the same 80-litre fridge, the same 55- and 60-litre tanks, the same fixed toilet and the same nineteen-item feature list — this time with no differences at all, not even in punctuation. Both floor-plan drawings on the Sunseeker's page are filed under the Condo's name.
- Identical to the Condo
- Self-contained, fixed toilet
- No shower
- 80 L fridge
- Base vehicle
- Toyota HiAce, 2005–2013
- Seats / sleeps
- 4 / 4
- Bed
- 188 × 135 cm and 198 × 135 cm
- Gearbox
- Automatic
- Drive
- 2WD · Petrol
- Tank
- 70 L
- Length
- 4.70 m
- Unsealed roads OK
- Not allowed
- Night heating
- None fitted
- Rental season
- Year-round
- Luggage
- 3 large and 3 small bags
- Min. driver age
- 18
Best for
The same trip as the Condo, at whichever of the two badges is cheaper on your dates — and, in practice, at Christchurch or Queenstown rather than Auckland.
Watch out
Every campervan visible in the Sunseeker's own gallery wears green JUCY livery rather than Chill'd, and half the photographs are stored under Condo filenames — one of them shot in 2016. JUCY's on-site counter shows a single rating for this model against several thousand for the Condo, and on every date we sampled from Auckland it returned stop-sell while the Condo sold freely.
Full equipment list (25)
- Certified self-contained (fixed toilet)
- Two-burner gas cooker, cartridges or LPG bottle by vehicle
- 80 L compressor fridge
- 55 L fresh water tank
- 60 L grey water tank
- Sink with tap and drain
- Fixed toilet
- Inside and outside tables
- Bench seats converting to a double
- Roof double bed
- 1.92 m interior height
- 7" stereo with Bluetooth, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay
- USB charging ports
- Curtains on all windows
- Interior 12 V lighting
- Dual 12 V battery system
- 240 V mains campground hookup
- Air conditioning in the cab
- Power steering and ABS
- Full kitchen kit, cutlery and dinnerware
- Linen, pillows and duvet
- Bath towels and tea towel
- Bucket, brush and dustpan
- AA roadside breakdown assistance
- Unlimited kilometres
The six-berth
One model, and the only vehicle in the fleet with a bathroom, a diesel engine and heating that reaches the living area. It is also 7.9 metres long and 3.6 metres tall, which is a different kind of driving from everything else on this page.
Big Kahuna
The only one with a bathroom, and the only one you can heat
7.9 metres of coachbuilt motorhome — a different vehicle class from the rest.
The outlier in every direction: 7.9 metres long, 2.3 wide, 3.6 tall, on a Mercedes or Iveco chassis of 2017–2022 with a 3-litre diesel and cruise control. Three doubles — two at 210 × 140 and one at 190 × 120 — a bathroom with a hot shower and toilet, 100 litres of fresh water against 100 of waste by JUCY's spec table (87 and 87 in its feature list), an extendable awning, and 2 metres of standing height. It is also the only model in the fleet whose heating reaches the living area, which JUCY qualifies as gas, battery or reverse cycle depending on the vehicle, when connected to a powered site.
- Only bathroom in the fleet
- Only living-area heating
- Only diesel
- 7.9 m long, 3.6 m tall
- Base vehicle
- Mercedes or Iveco coachbuilt, 2017–2022
- Seats / sleeps
- 6 / 6
- Bed
- 210 × 140 cm ×2 and 190 × 120 cm
- Gearbox
- Automatic
- Drive
- 2WD · Diesel
- Tank
- 70 L
- Length
- 7.90 m
- Unsealed roads OK
- Not allowed
- Night heating
- Electric, campsite hookup only
- Rental season
- Year-round
- Luggage
- Not published — interior cupboards plus external lockers
- Min. driver age
- 18
Best for
Six travelling together, or a family that wants a real bathroom and the option of warmth, on main highways and holiday parks rather than tight coastal roads.
Watch out
JUCY states outright that "every vehicle is unique" — you do not choose the chassis, and since the heating type is vehicle-dependent you do not choose that either. Its own page contradicts itself on the fridge, which the feature list calls 150 litres and the amenity tile directly above calls 90. It is the only diesel in the fleet, so road user charges are billed back on return, and on every date we sampled it was stop-sell at Queenstown while selling freely from Auckland and Christchurch.
Full equipment list (24)
- Self-contained bathroom with hot shower and toilet
- Gas burner on LPG bottles, cooking inside
- Fridge — 150 L per the feature list, 90 L per the amenity tile, 80 L per the spec table
- Sink with tap and drain
- Fresh water tank: 100 L in the spec table, 87 L in the feature list
- Waste water tank: 100 L in the spec table, 87 L in the feature list
- Main-cabin heating: gas, battery or reverse cycle, on a powered site
- Extendable awning
- Inside table converting to a sleeping area
- 2.0 m interior height
- Blockout curtains
- Interior 12 V lighting
- 240 V mains campground hookup
- Air conditioning and heating in the cab
- Cruise control
- GPS
- Stereo
- Power steering and ABS
- Cutlery, dinnerware, pans, kettle, plates and bowls
- Linen, pillows and duvet
- Towels and tea towels
- Bucket and cleaning equipment
- Roadside assistance
- Unlimited kilometres
Fleet questions
How many campervans does JUCY actually rent in New Zealand?
Is the Chill'd range different from the JUCY range?
Which JUCY campervans can I freedom camp in?
Do any JUCY campervans have heating?
Which one has a shower?
How old do I have to be to drive one?
Can I take a JUCY camper onto a gravel road?
What happens if the fridge or the heater fails mid-trip?
Which models take child seats?
How large a bond will JUCY hold?
Which JUCY camper should I book for a cold-weather trip?
Specifications transcribed from JUCY's own model records on jucy.com/nz/en (specification tables, feature lists, floor plans and galleries), its booking terms valid from 1 May 2026, and its live availability API sampled across all three depots, last checked 10 August 2026. Fleets change: model years roll over, equipment gets swapped, and individual vehicles vary. Confirm anything that decides your booking with JUCY directly.
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