Slightly surprised - seen two large, very distinctive American campervans in this last two weeks. Heard the driver of the latest one wandering round Leclerc’s talking on his mobile phone - no mistaking the accent!
How are they getting here?
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Were the RV on Yank plates?
Most Europeans can’t drive Yank size RVs due to having the 3.5 tonne limit on their driving licenses.
Overland I expect 
plus it is possible to have these monsters “ferried” from wherever, but it has a cost
American servicemen based in Europe? They can import their vehicles from the US via the military (Globemaster a/c are huge ) but I think they have to change to local plates. Were they on US registrations?
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The first one I saw was an Airstream, not on US plates, but not sure French either. The second one I didn’t notice as I was driving past and looking in awe at the side of it, which had a huge painted elaborate, over-the-top advert on it for a garage and then very fancy awnings in the cab.
Via the Bering Straights Ferry, presumably. 
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Airstream is the Yank RR. Can have motored from the US base in Germany or UK via chunnel using lorry carriage. Despite the internal comforts I’d have thought them a bit difficult negotiating through EU villages but maybe they have found ways around that make this way of tripping worthwhile.
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OH wondered if the huge flashy one with the advert was something to do with an American motor racing team - mind you, it wasn’t an advert for the team but for a garage.
Could they be flown in? Shipped in?
Hell of a way. And driving through Russia at the moment?
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we don’t know where they’ve been or how long they’ve been out of US…
We’d sometimes see some amazing motor-home thingies at the racing circuits across France.
As you suggest, some were supporting the racers (or were racers) and others were just there for the fun of it.
But you can still I assume drive a very large camper van on a different category ?
I say this as there is a local camper van fitter who has outfitted some enormous camper vans the size of a large single decker bus. His company is appropriately called ‘Americaine R.V. Motorhomes’.
Edit: I should have said coach rather than large bus as they seem to be based on coach chassis. I saw one outside his workshop last week.
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