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MMM Motorhome of the Year 2015

12 Friday Dec 2014

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In association withThe Caravan Club

And the winner is…
… the Chausson 610 Flash

In second place is…
… the Adria Matrix Supreme 687 SLT

And third place goes to…
… the Elddis Encore 255

Choosing our Motorhome of the Year is always a difficult task for the judges and the eight class winners left the NEC show – arriving at the Caravan Club’s Clumber Park site for final judging. Value is obviously important, but so is appeal as we, with our less predicable weather, have different requirements than our continental cousins with their nearly-always lovely summers. In the end it proved quite easy to come up with the winner as all the judges had, separately, been impressed with this particular motorhome at first sight – one at the press launch in France, the others at the biggest-in-Europe Dusseldorf show.

However after all the deliberation, our judges crowned the Chausson 610 Flash as the worthy winner of the Motorhome of the Year 2015. Coming in second was the Adria Matrix Supreme 687 SLT and picking up a creditable third was the Elddis Encore 255.

Our winner is Chausson’s Flash 610, A motorhome that takes a tried-and-tested concept and adds to it, producing a ‘van that’s comfortable, capable and versatile too.

The concept is a drop-down bed above the lounge, and here it’s applied in fine fashion, with a big, comfortable relaxing space that provides plenty of room for entertaining. Above, the electrically-operated bed can descend to two levels: the first allows the lounge below to be made into a second double bed, the second sees it arrive at sofa level, providing an easy-to-get-into double for the touring couple.

The kitchen is spacious, with big drawers and a fridge/freezer. The three-burner hob and sink – both with glass lids – take up quite a lot of the worktop, but you can always use that large lounge table.

Peter Vaughan, Which Motorhome Editor and MMM Group Road-Test Editor, said: “Taking the proven (and much-copied) layout of the original Flash 10 and adding a rear garage, the new 610 addresses the one downside of the earlier design – limited storage for bulky gear. Better still, the 610 remains relatively compact, while also being blessed with the superb on-road characteristics of the new Ford Transit.”

You can read the full road test of the Chausson 610 Flash in the January 2015 issue of Which Motorhome magazine.

Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews

Which Motorhome completes biggest ever VW test.

31 Thursday Oct 2013

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Which Motorhome, the UK’s number one magazine for motorhome testing, has just completed its biggest ever group test of 11 VW campervans. Exclusively featured is the first UK appearance of the German-built Volkswagen HymerCar Cape Town, the first Hymer on a VW and the first of a whole new range of HymerCar van conversions. Hymer has even set up a separate brand to market these.

Compared with the Hymer are 10 UK-manufactured campers, all on the VW T5 in either short or long-wheelbase format. These were all variants that eschew the most common side kitchen style of layouts.

Vans tested were the Autohaus Quinte – with a high-top and unique rear lounge layout, Auto-Sleeper Topaz – a long–established model from the UK’s oldest converter, Bilbo’s Lezan and Nexa – from current holder of our Campervan of the Year title, CMC Reimo MultiStyle – a past Campervan of the Year winner, Danbury Active and Doubleback – the Doubleback is the only VW with a slide-out, almost doubling its interior floor space on site, Hillside Doveridge – an unusual SWB high-top with a toilet area, Jerba Sanna – from this high-quality Scottish converter and Rolling Homes Livingstone – with its all real wood cabinets.

All the campers were tested by Which Motorhome’s highly experienced road testers, who found a surprising variation between them. The results of this test, along with the winner are published in the December issue of Which Motorhome, on sale on 14th November.

Which Motorhome was established in 1986 and is widely recognised as the leading magazine for those looking to buy their first motorhome or upgrade their existing motorhome to a new model.

Every issue of Which Motorhome includes a vast number of tests and the magazine is often first to test new motorhomes as they are launched. Which Motorhome covers everything from new A-classes to luxury low-profiles and secondhand bargains, so there is something to suit all budgets!

Editor, Peter Vaughan said: “The VW camper market has been enjoying a real boom in sales over the last couple of years and we couldn’t wait to see how Hymer’s entry into this highly competitive market would fare against established UK players.”

Managing Editor, Daniel Attwood, added: “Which Motorhome magazine does it again with a massive test of some of the most exciting VW campervans currently on the market. Some of these campers are built in Britain while others are built by continental converters, but they all have one thing in common – that very desirable VW badge on the front. Read which our expert team judged to be the best in this issue of Which Motorhome magazine.”

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Christopher Macgowan
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