Mega Mobil Classic 600 Lounge

The Slovenian newcomer’s new UK-spec campervans have arrived – and in this case silence really is golden

We need to talk about noise. It often goes unmentioned, but campervans and motorhomes often have more rattle than a snake in a biscuit tin. Even high-end campervans that are considered to be ‘quiet’ tend to have some sounds emanating from the back when you’re on the road – whether its creaky cabinets, a clunking cooker or clattering cutlery. At best it’s a mild irritant, at worst the relentless racket can drive you to distraction.

It’s just one of those unavoidable things… or so I thought, until I took the Mega Mobil Classic 600 Lounge out on test. Because this is probably the quietest campervan I’ve ever driven. Driving on Somerset’s A and B roads, not exactly renowned for their smooth surfaces, there was barely a sound to be heard and, even on the rough, bumpy ground where I parked up, it remained virtually silent – testament to the Mega Mobil’s solid build quality. 

When we reviewed the bigger brother of this UK-friendly rear lounge campervan earlier this year, it had some glaring omissions. As well as being a left-hand drive, the 640 Lounge had no radio, no reversing camera or parking sensors and no offside window in the rear lounge. Not only that, the base vehicle was an Opel, the continental equivalent of Vauxhall, which hasn’t been seen on these shores since the 1980s.

Despite all this, it was obvious that this was a top-quality campervan – with fantastic build quality, an excellent washroom and, the star of the show, a huge electrically powered drop-down double bed. But we felt we weren’t quite getting the full picture – it was certainly a great campervan, but would the UK version be, well, mega?

To be fair, at that point, Mega Mobil had only just dipped its toes in the UK market, making its debut at the NEC show last October. The company was set up in Slovenia 10 years ago and over the last decade has sold more than 1,700 campervans and is now present in over 14 European countries, finally entering the UK in 2024.

All its high-end campervans – there are no plans to expand into coachbuilt motorhomes – are designed and manufactured in Slovenia and it remains a family-owned business.

Optional extras

Fast-forward a few months from that NEC debut, and the UK-spec campervans have started appearing in dealerships here and we managed to get our hands on one courtesy of Chelston Motorhomes in Somerset.

The Lounge range campervans, from the compact two-berth Fiat Ducato-based 5.41m-long Lounge 540 to the MAN-based two-plus-two-berth 6.83m-long Mega Lounge 680 S, already look like the favourites among British buyers.

Our test vehicle was the Mega Classic 600 Lounge in Iron Grey, an upgrade from the standard white. Built on a Peugeot Boxer chassis, it has a 140hp engine and an automatic gearbox and features all the driver tech you’d expect in a premium camper. 

The Safety Pack (£2,295) includes such features as lane departure warning, an active safety brake, traffic sign recognition and adaptive cruise control, plus a leather steering wheel and the ability to automatically switch between high and low beam. 

Also on the test vehicle was the City Package (£4,495), which adds a digital rear view mirror, a 360-degree parking system, automatic climate control,  wireless phone charging, digital instrument cluster, cornering lights and a 10in touchscreen with DAB radio and sat-nav. 

Of course, the starting price of under £75,000 sounds very tempting, and for that you’ll certainly get a superbly built campervan. But the reality is you can probably disregard that basic price, as you will want to take advantage of many – if not all – of the myriad optional extras available, and the price soon adds up.

For example, the Winter Pack (£1,907) includes insulation for the grey water tank and upgrades the heating system to the Truma Combi diesel/230V underfloor heating. For further winterisation, all Mega Mobils have, as standard, 25mm Armaflex closed cell insulation in the walls, doors and ceiling and a 35mm XPS floor. This makes it a good choice for all-year-round camping.

The Escape Pack (£2,095) includes a Thule roll-out awning, LED rain gutter light over the sliding door, a solar panel and a second 80Ah AGM leisure battery. There's also the option to add lithium batteries and a 2,000W inverter. With the Connection Pack (£599) you get external shower and barbecue points, an external 230V socket, an 80-litre inboard fresh water tank and an 80-litre waste tank with an electrically operated dump valve. With all this and more, our model reached almost £95k, but for that price you get a top-quality, spec-laden campervan that will not disappoint.

Exterior appearance

On the outside, the Classic 600 Lounge was sleek and understated, with subtle black graphics adorning the Iron Grey body, and a stylish, embossed compass design on the nearside. Sixteen-inch Borbet alloy wheels (£986) complete the classy look.

Like most imported campervans, the sliding door, as well as the auto-retracting step, the flyscreen and the awning, is on the driver’s side, but this doesn’t appear to be a major issue for most UK buyers. 

The rear doors give access to a large illuminated boot below the bed, which is spacious enough to fit lots of gear and has numerous cupboards for further storage. This is a common theme throughout the Classic 600 Lounge – it feels as if Mega Mobil’s designers seek out any sort of void space and turn it into storage. A roller door at ground level lets you get into the boot from the inside of the campervan. It is also fitted with 230V and 12V power sockets. 

UK-friendly rear lounge

It’s clear, even at this early stage, that Mega Mobil’s rear lounge layouts are a big draw for UK customers. The diamond quilting on the walls, the insides of the back doors and on the seating, is neat and tasteful, and reflects Mega Mobil’s origins as part of a Slovenian textiles company. And when it comes to the interior, there are countless options for fabrics, furniture, worktops and flooring.

The seating area comprises two inward-facing sofas on either side of a central dining table, which twists and slides into position. The table is not removable so it feels a little restricting, especially for those of a larger build, but generally the lounge is comfortable enough to relax of an evening, if the weather doesn’t allow al fresco relaxing.

If you can’t live without your Coronation Street fix, you can go for the optional 22in TV (£648), which is on a slide-out arm at a rather inconvenient ceiling height position. I found the angle meant that part of the screen was obscured by the bottom of the drop-down bed. Not only is it awkward to see, but the telly protrudes out into the middle of the room at head level, so needs some careful negotiation if you want to nip out to make a cuppa during the ad break without banging your head. 

There are open-fronted storage cupboards running the length of the lounge on both sides, both of which have mains and USB sockets underneath. Yet more outlets can be found at ground level. 

Narrow cubbyholes topped by full-length cushions run behind both seats and are perfect for stashing pillows. There is no storage under the lounge seats – these areas are reserved for the more technical elements of the campervan, with the Truma Combi boiler and electrics on one side and the 80-litre fresh water tank on the other.

The windows on each side and on the rear doors can be opened and feature blinds for privacy and there’s a rooflight to provide more daytime illumination. After dark, you can adjust the numerous lights to suit your own preference.

Creating the bed

Stretching across the back of the campervan is a large cushion, which at first glance feels like something of a wasted space – although it could potentially be used as a day bed. However, its real role is as part of the Classic 600 Lounge’s star attraction, the drop-down double bed. Not only does this provide you with an enormous – mega-sized? – bed, but it also simplifies and accelerates the bed set-up process.

While most rear lounge campervans require you to go through an often complicated and time-consuming process to make up your bed every evening, the Classic 600 Lounge transforms from day to night mode at the push of a button. 

First you unlock and push the table down, then remove the back cushions from the seats and place them on the floor. After that, you simply turn a key, press a button and watch in awe as your bed floats down from the ceiling and slots effortlessly into the space between the remaining cushions to create a completely flat double bed. The bed measures a more than generous 2.01m by 1.85m, or around 6ft 7in by 6ft 1in in old money. Bringing the bed down also reveals more overhead storge cupboards.

Stowing it away is just as easy, especially as you can leave the duvet in place so there’s no need to find somewhere to store that during the day. 

Kitchen set-up

Moving towards the front of the campervan, the kitchen stretches across both sides, with the main kitchen unit on the offside in front of the sliding door, and the 84-litre Dometic compressor fridge opposite. The kitchen has a two-burner Dometic hob and a stainless-steel sink with fold-down mixer tap. Unlike the larger 640, there's no oven, which is a little disappointing. However, what it did have was an exceptional amount of kitchen storage, with a large overhead locker and five drawers below the sink and hob. Although there isn’t a huge amount of kitchen work surface, there is a slide-out worktop extension. If you’re sitting outside, there’s a small table that slides out of the back of the kitchen unit – perfect for your early morning brew or an evening beer.

Another seating option inside the campervan is the cab, which can operate as an alternative dining area. A sliding table emerges from the space behind the passenger seat and cleverly folds out between the cab seats, which both swivel. In truth, this is really only going to be suitable for one person sitting in the driver’s seat, as anyone in the passenger side would be trapped behind the table. Nonetheless, it does provide a handy place to have breakfast if your sleeping partner is enjoying a lie-in.

Washroom and storage

Behind the tambour door, to the back of the passenger seat, the washroom is another stylish affair, with the same solid woodwork that we see in the kitchen. It features a clear shower screen on the back wall, which swings round in front of the loo and washbasin, to create a spacious, self-contained shower cubicle with no need for a curtain. 

Alongside the swivel cassette toilet is a shelf for your toiletries and a storage cupboard behind a sliding tambour door, and the optional space-saving basin slides out over the top of the toilet, another clever design touch. 

While storage is generally pretty good throughout the Classic 600 Lounge, the lack of a full-size wardrobe for longer items of clothing is disappointing. The solution is what must be the world’s tiniest clothes rail, hidden away between the washroom and the passenger seat. Measuring no more than a couple of inches in length, it has just about enough room to hang a dress and a pair of trousers. You might think, ‘what’s the point of that?’ and, to be honest, that’s probably what most campervan designers would say. But detail matters, and that’s precisely why the Mega Mobil is special.

Finally, the touchscreen for the heating and hot water and the main habitation control panel are found above the fridge. The control panel, from marine specialist, Simarine, provides all sorts of information on water tank levels, temperature, lighting, battery life and power consumption. It even lets you know whether or not the campervan is sitting level, so there should be no chance of you rolling out of bed in your sleep! 

Mega Mobil might be a new name in the UK but if the Classic 600 Lounge is anything to go by, it’s going to be a significant player in the upper end of the campervan market for years to come. There are no shortcuts taken here – lots of thought has gone into how the campervan can best be built to provide the most useful experience for buyers. From the tiny ‘secret’ clothes rail to the vast, electrically powered drop-down bed, the attention to detail is second to none.