Campervans you can buy for £30,000 or less! We try 4 Japanese campers but which is best?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ค. 2024
- Peter Vaughan samples four newly converted campervans from Wellhouse Leisure on a variety of Japanese base vehicles - Nissan Serena, Honda Elysion, Toyota Alphard and Nissan NV350 Caravan. All offer cut-price campervanning, but which should you choose? One of them even has an oven and a built-in toilet, another drives almost like a sports car and they start at only £25,000!
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◼️ REVIEWED BY: Peter Vaughan, Group Motorhome Road Test Editor for MMM magazine and What Motorhome magazine Editor. Peter has been writing about motorhomes since the age of 14, has a love of touring France and is mad about old Italian sports cars.
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Nice to see Peter reviewing something different. These wouldn't be for me but it's always great to see what choice is out there. Thanks as always, best motorhome / campervan reviews on the net because you take the time to be comprehensive and non-biased.
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Thank you for your review. Cant help but think. If they added a centrally elevating roof to the nv350, it would sell like hotcakes
Agree fully, well said 👍
I think Wellhouse are looking at the headroom issue, so that may come
We have looked at adding a small pop top to this which can be done but it does add to the price.
@@MotorhomeCampervanout of breath Peter or just an over sensitive microphone ?
We looked at these imports. I love them but they're gas guzzlers. Probably why a 2008 only has 24000 miles on it.
I have a Toyota velfire next up from Alphard and had it converted . More then happy with full conversion pop top fantastic ❤
A friend of mine had a Serena as a company car many years ago it was very reliable in fact I can't remember him having an problems whatsoever and suited his large family.
Wellhouse do report exceptional reliability for all these Japanese vehicles
Did I miss something about the pop tops have a bed?
When I had my T25 (I was thinking about the driving position over the front wheels in that van just before Peter mentioned it) I tended to use the roof bed when I was staying for more than one night on a campsite. This meant that I could leave the bed made up and the downstairs in lounging configuration.
Because these are smaller vehicles than a VW T6, roof space is quite small, too. You can have a roof bed in the Alphard (and the Elysion, I think) but it would be for small kids only
Quite different video. Very enjoyable. The last one for tiny me.
Many thanks!
Interesting to see the four vans side by side. I think the Toyota worked best.
Yes, we agree
What a great feature !! Fully Functioning campers that don't require a second mortgage . Small but beautifully formed and much more in the spirit of the original VW . The quality of the conversions looks really excellent too . Really enjoyed this
Great, thank you. We really wanted to show that you don't need to be mega-rich to have a good-quality, professionally-built campervan
This one looks like the Honda CRV that started that name off!!
Had my Elysion nearly 5 years, fitted rear kitchen unit and full width rock n roll bed and I love it! Rides like a limo, super reliable, 30 plus on a run, even sold my 7 series because this is a better car. Dont worry about running costs over a vw diesel, you will make that back because they just dont break down...
Wow! Honda campervan replaces big BMW - that's praise indeed
Great video and good choice of subject.
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enjoyed this,thanks
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I really like your descriptions....keep up the good work! ❤
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Thank you for this, very interesting.👍
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@@MotorhomeCampervan Yup, long time.👍
Interesting.... velly intelesting!
Great Job once again Peter on this very different take on road vehicle conversions. Too say there are 1500 types to choose from!! Whoa, but the one's you highlighted and tested look very impressive and if budget is concerned rather good pricing too. (P.S loved the transition between shots Batman LoL!!) Did anyone else get that? or I'm I showing my age!!? Till next time, Health@Happiness to you
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Holy Campervan, Batman!
It would be great if the NV350 had a side kitchen and a pop top.
I'm not too sure a side kitchen would work, the width of the van could be too short.
Side or centrally elevating roof would be good👍
That is now available - see wellhouseleisure.com/brands/category/nissan-caravan-nv350/ - but it wasn't ready in time for this video
Id go for the Serena for economy you dont talk about suits me as retired 1 woman & dog, easy daily dual purpose.
The Serena would certainly suit a solo camper. Sadly, we didn't drive them far enough to realistically test MPG
The strange thing is that these vehicles weren’t imported to us. Another question is how they operate, and how much they cost!! My problem is that it isn’t an electric vehicle!! I’m never returning to diesel or petrol!!
Not sold in the US (or Europe) as only made in RHD
For me, it’s got to have an electric engine and cooking system, just like the Vikenze III!!
The Vikenze shows how an EV camper can be done but it's very small inside. The base vehicles need more range (and lower cost) before EV campervans become mainstream
The Serena would make a great one-man and his-dog touring vehicle, but the Nissan BV350 was the most disappointing looking on the inside. That layout did not work for me at all.
The NV350 is now also offered with a side kitchen layout but that wasn't ready in time for our review
I would buy one .... if the steering was on the left :)
But that's the appeal for most UK buyers, Japan drives on the left like us
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I've been looking for Hybrid Toyota Alphard or Mitsubishi PHEV Decia with 240 v power take off ( jap import)......
But now the BYD PHEV shark has blown all that out the window 🙄
I'm now waiting for a BYD shark PHEV with it's standard 6kw VTOL power take off to feed all motorhome essentials 😎
Reports I've seen suggest the Shark is not likely to come to the UK...
@@MotorhomeCampervan BYD global launch ( seen on TH-cam lately week)
Suggested Shark PHEV will be assembled in EU @ BYD Hungarian manufacturing complex 🙄
Would I even look at a forward control vehicle? Not even if it was an Urvan!! I just don’t don’t want to sit on a diesel engine!!
Nissan elgrand is a better option then any of these
Why? Toyota is usually considered better than NIssan