Coachman Acadia 575

Good on weight, good on price – with a charming ambience, and lots of interesting style points.

The single-axle 575’s transverse island bed, rear shower room layout is among the most popular on the market.  

Coachman has three – there’s one in the VIP range, and one in the Laser range, too. Swift has four – the Sprite Major 4SB and the Grande (eight-foot wide) version of it; the Challenger 580 and the Grande version of that, too. Bailey has four – the Alicanto Grande Deluxe Sintra, the Unicorn Deluxe Vigo, the Pegasus Grande GT75 Brindisi and the Phoenix GT75 644. And Adria has one, the Adora Isonzo, albeit a longer and heavier model than the others, at 8.27m, and 2,000kg, but nonetheless on a single axle.  

Of these, all three of the Coachmans, the Swift Challenger 580, the Bailey Alicanto Sintra and the Adria Adora Isonzo, have Alde heating – and so are comparable with each other in terms of heating system preference. They’re also very close on price, the Challenger 580 being £33,045, the Unicorn Vigo at £33,399 and the Adora Isonzo at £34,275. The Acadia’s £31,555 price tag, though, puts it ahead of its competition. Buyers, of course, don’t simply buy on price, though that is of course a consideration.  

So, what do you get for your money? And what do you get in terms of character and ambience? Coachman supplied us with an Acadia 575; ours for evaluation at the Camping and Caravanning Club’s Delamere site in Cheshire.

Acadias gained a raft of new aesthetic features for 2025. In our opinion all of them contribute to the strong character of this caravan. Among the new features are downlighting in the form of four tiny bright spotlights above the (full width) sunroof and a delightfully plain, flat shape with no handles, and concealed catches, for the top locker doors that have a pattern composed of parallel lines arranged in approximate diamond sectors. There’s also the introduction of a kitchen worktop extension (hugely important in terms of practicality). And there’s an interesting wall-finish design, composed of interconnecting diamond shapes. It’s used for the kitchen splashback, a full-height panel on the window wall of the bedroom, and most of the shower room. And it’s really quite stunning.  

Among other notable features is a Bluetooth speaker system. And the sink is what is termed ‘underslung’, meaning that it’s rimless and sits under the surrounding surface. That means the sink cover fits flush with the surface, so that the whole of the kitchen top is usable as a prep area. 

We think the 575 has personality in spades and our first impression, after just a few minutes settling down to evaluate it, is that it stands its ground admirably among its same-layout, single-axle cousins.  

Time for further, detailed exploration… 

The kitchen surface is 59cm deep and 75cm long, and the extension adds 30cm to that length. So, with the hob top down and the extension in place, you have a 1.6m stretch of surface. And this kitchen has an important small area: a narrow strip of surface to the right of the hob, the perfect size for utensils.  Opposite, above the fridge, is a 59cm by 54cm surface. So, in total, this kitchen has first class surface space. The fridge is the 91-litre capacity model – not enormous, but quite sufficient. The double-doored kitchen cabinet is 70cm wide and contains a drawer of the same width – ample space for cutlery, utensils and more.  And this is where the high-quality plastic ridged drainer can live when it’s not in use. 

Bedroom ambience is lovely, characterised by the bedhead, upholstered in tactile suede-effect fabric in pale nut brown, and lighting concealed beneath the wardrobe doors, illuminating the marble-effect shelves that are ideally placed for phones. The pale gold and grey curtain panels play their part in creating the luxury look, too. And on the sliding door to the shower room is a full-height panel, bordered by a steel trim, and finished in cream with a very subtle diagonal-line pattern that is very similar to that on the top lockers. 

There’s a small dressing table; the surface measures 30cm by 30cm, with a cabinet beneath. Power and aerial sockets are here for in-bed television watching. Four shelves climb the wall alongside the mirror and a shelf runs along the top of the window, forming a pelmet for the curtain panels. 

Shower room styling and practicality are both up there with the best, as you’d expect, given Coachman’s prowess at shower room design. There’s a foldable towel hook in the shower cubicle, plus a loop and double hook alongside the shower. And there’s a towel warmer (part of the Alde system) that snakes its way up the rear wall alongside the washbasin unit; it gets so hot (as we discovered during our evaluation) that towels placed here will dry super-quickly.

Within the shower cubicle are two shelves for shower gels. The rectangular basin sits up, and to one side, on its surface, and the tap is black; a very on-trend style feature. Four shelves alongside the mirror and a large shelf that stretches along the back and offside wall give you ample space. The under-basin cabinet is 50cm wide. Nice touches are the lighting concealed above the mirror and also below it, illuminating the rock-effect splashback. 

Acadia equipment includes an alarm system, Al-Ko’s automatic stability control system, USB sockets in the lounge and bedroom, and a receiver for an optional Al-Ko Secure wheel lock. Among other options are an Omnivent extractor fan and a tracker system.

It’s 10 years since Coachman launched the 575 layout. In that time it has matured, with enhanced spec and, of course, visual changes. The Alde-heated Acadia 575 is a first-rate caravan in its class. Enough luxury to entice you, plenty of kitchen surface – and plenty of specification, too. And style? Interesting wallcoverings, nicely plain top locker doors, and a lovely warm-hue cushion and curtain fabric with shimmering gold to remind you that, although the Acadia 575 is Coachman’s lowest priced tourer of this layout, it is actually rather luxurious.