Best Drop-Down Bed Motorhome

Of the three models available, it’s the Trekker 540 that goes straight to the top of the class and carries off the Best Drop-Down Bed Motorhome award this year. This is a seven-metre model with one of the most popular layouts for couples in recent seasons.

There’s a spacious front lounge with side settees and the electric drop-down bed above, a central kitchen and a vast end washroom with a massive wardrobe over the garage.

With travel seats that fold out from under the sofas and the possibility of making the lounge into a second double bed, the Trekker 540 has occasional four-berth potential but it’s best seen as a comfortable, spacious motorhome for two.

The interior, like the exterior, takes its aesthetic cues from the Trekker campervans, so you feel as if you’re on board a completely different vehicle to a Voyager. The Alba stain-resistant soft furnishings are in a graphite colour with yellow scatter cushions to pick up on the design of the graphics outside.

Furniture largely eschews wood for a mix of white and grey that continues the vehicle’s more adventurous vibe, while the decorative panel on the underside of the bed completes the contemporary décor.

The spec reflects that, too, with a 120W solar panel and an external shower, while blown-air heating comes from Truma’s new CombiNeo system (which was named Best Motorhome Innovation this year), which also provides continuous hot water and an ultra-fast heat-up of your H2O for washing.

Priced competitively at £78,590, the Trekker 540 is based on a well-equipped Ford Transit chassis with the 165hp motor and eight-speed automatic gearbox as standard. A bike rack and awning are amongst the few options to consider.