Malibu motorhomes: 2025 Essential Guide

Externally, the new 490 RB-LE shares the elegant Dynamic Design rear end with its smaller sibling, with its rear lights featuring a distinctive angled profile.

On the Sprinter chassis, the T models of the 450 and 490 are available with a unique Obsidian Black Metallic decal instead of the standard Arctic White.

The result is a smart exterior that neatly complements the crisp, light hues of the interior, with the curved overhead lockers matching the rounded corner pillars externally.

An optional drop-down bed lowers from above the front lounge to provide the two additional sleeping spaces beyond the single beds at the rear of the 490 RB-LE, with attractive LED lighting running along the wood panelling of the drop-down bed.

Lighting is a strength throughout, with separately controlled ambient and main lights creating a cosy atmosphere accentuated by that wood panelling.

Highlights of Malibu's 2025 motorhomes

• Malibu’s range of motorhomes is expanding considerably with the addition of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis for both its coachbuilt and A-class models, increasing from a total of nine motorhome layouts to 21 (10 coachbuilt and 11 A-class).

• That’s a major investment from the Carthago Group and provides a superb range of layouts and weight classes for customers to choose from.

• The addition of the lightweight models up to around seven metres in length helps to make Malibu motorhomes more appealing to customers with a standard driving licence.

• These editions clock in at 3,500kg gross weight and improve manoeuvrability and fuel consumption, without needing a downgrade in the quality of furnishings or comfort within.

• 4.2-tonne comfort models allow you to increase the payload if you have a C1 category driving licence, so you can get behind the wheel of motorhomes weighing over 3.5 tonnes.

• All of Malibu’s motorhomes for the 2025 season feature high-quality fittings and bodywork, with a notable feature being the double floor throughout each vehicle that creates an underfloor heating effect.

• Handy swivel shoe compartment in the 450 and 490.

• Motorhomes feature a bicycle and pedelec garage with a height of 1.2m (all except the 500 RB-QB, which ranges from 1.12m to 1.24m).

• New Dynamic Design rear end has curved corner pillars and distinctive rear lights.

• Low-profiles get the option of a metallic black cab paint.