Auto-Sleeper Warwick Duo

Berths: 2 Travel seats: 2 Base vehicle: Peugeot Boxer Gross weight: 3,500kg Payload: 643kg

The Warwick Duo campervan is a proven and popular model in the Auto-Sleepers line-up of seven Peugeot Boxer-based panel van conversions – and baby sister to the Warwick.

All now get Euro VI engines – new downsized units boasting 160bhp, as well as improved fuel economy.

Cab spec also includes a DAB radio and Bluetooth, with the rest of the goodies reserved for the £2,500 Premium Pack, without which no Warwick Duo is ever likely to leave the Cotswold factory.

That Pack adds alloy wheels, Al-Ko AirTop suspension, cab air-conditioning, an awning, a colour reversing camera, Garmin sat-nav, cruise control, 80W solar panel and a leather steering wheel.

Before that lot, you’ll instantly recognise any Auto-Sleeper van conversion for its flush athermic glass side windows, rather than the usual plastic double-glazing.

The Warwick Duo – just like its sister

models – also comes with items that many rival manufacturers charge extra for – an underfloor 25-litre gas tank, external barbecue point and metallic paint.

But you may still wish to add the Winter Pack (cab blinds, heater upgrade, water tank heaters and wheelarch insulation) and the Media Pack (Maxview VuQube satellite system with automatic tuning and capability of serving two receivers).

With all the options, you’re looking at a £54,500 motorhome.

The layout is a classic and one that is sure to suit couples downsizing from a coachbuilt – as well as those changing from a touring caravan. The dominant feature is the rear lounge with two long settees.

It also comes with scatter cushions and armrests, reading lights and a choice of tables. Auto-Sleepers even fits a press-studded draught-excluder for the rear barn doors, so you can stretch out here whatever the weather is doing outside.

Combi 6 gas/electric heating is a potent fitting for such a compact vehicle, too. In summer, you’ll be able to let the fresh air flood in via those back doors.

The bathroom is sited, unusually, adjacent to the sliding side door. It includes a tip-up washbasin, bench cassette toilet and shower. Water tanks measure 69 litres for fresh and 40 litres for waste.

The galley has plenty of worktop and a generous spec. The cooker boasts three gas rings and a combined oven/grill, plus an extractor hood. There’s an eye-level microwave, too, and an automatic energy selection fridge, as well as little details like the kitchen roll holder.

At night, the rear lounge converts into single beds or a huge double. Concertina blinds are fitted, as well as lined curtains.

Of course, this is a pure two-berth van conversion (with no rear travel seats), but the swivel passenger cab seat does give you somewhere to sit should your partner prefer to have a lie-in.

If you enjoyed this review, you can read more in the May 2017 issue of What Motorhome magazine.

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