Full review

The Quasar 525 follows a long line of twin-lounge five-berths that have proved their worth through several generations of caravanning families. Little surprise, then, that the popular 525 went into 2011 with an unchanged layout.

If you thought of Quasars as budget caravans you’d be right in one sense – that this range is Lunar’s cheapest. But you’d be wrong to think of Quasars as basic, few-frills models. Especially in the kitchen. For 2011, Lunar raised the bar for Quasar kitchens by putting in enormous circular sinks with a shiny dark bronze appearance. Gone are the hinged glass covers of last year  – these sinks are topped by big circular chopping boards that match the pale cream granite-effect kitchen surface. There’s a removable drainer – and we found that this one really does clip firmly into position, so that all the water ran into the sink. It’s firm and doesn’t flex when you put plates and bowls and pans on it.

So, the washing-up mode works – but how about the food-prep mode? Remove the drainer – it’s too large to go into the kitchen cupboard, so we put it into the table store. That creates a big surface area to the right of the sink; there’s space forward of the sink, too; we decided this is a kitchen  surface that is up to the task of breakfast for five.

But there the praise stopped. For this kitchen lacks lower storage, in terms of the needs of five people. Apart from the fridge, there is only one small central cupboard.

But maybe we’re being too harsh about kitchen storage. This is a caravan which accommodates five and is only 5.48 metres long and weighs only 1239kg – and you have to save space somewhere in order to achieve this.

See our video of the Lunar Quasar 525 below.