Sitting at the top of the Elddis tree, the Encore range offers luxury, but at an unbeatable price. And for 2020 there is a new model, the 250.

Elddis Encore 250 motorhome

• Price from: £53,499
• Base vehicle: Fiat Ducato Euro 6d
• Layout: Island bed
• Berths: 4
• Travel seats: 4
• Length: 7.41m
• Gross weight: 3,500kg 
• Payload: 430kg

This island bed low-profile is built on the low-line Fiat chassis, a new development for this year. This will allow customers to upgrade from the standard 2.3-litre 140bhp manual engine to Fiat’s new full automatic gearbox in 140bhp or 160bhp variants.

Stepping inside the lounge is made up of two inwards facing sofas, with the two swivel cab pews adding to the seating options. The kitchen is in the middle of the van opposite the washroom, while the island bed sits at the rear.

This is not just a two-berth however as the lounges seats quickly and effortlessly transform into a double bed, while fold out Aguti travel seats underneath provide the extra two belted seats needed for travelling.

Alde heating (an unusual option in this price bracket) remains for this season, while new features for 2020 on the Encore range include a new Whale external water filling socket, Dometic Midi Heki, an external 230V mains socket as standard.