Description

Berths: 2 Price From: £47,600 Type Approval: Individual

Key Features

Model Year

2013

Product Class

High top

Product Model Base

Peugeot Boxer

Price from (£)

£47600

Length (m)

5.41

Berths

2

Belted seats

2

Main Layout

Front Lounge

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Full Review

On a Boxer base, this may be a two-berth, but it features a two-lounge layout, with the main seating located mid 'van. This innovative layout means you can make a transverse double bed from the on-site seating whilst the cab seats remain swivelled.

The tambour door gives easy access to the washroom located immediately behind the bedroom/lounge. It's well equipped with a bench cassette toilet and fold-down basin, and provides showering facilities.

The rest of the vehicle shows care too. The furniture is wood-veneer finished in beech or light oak, giving a traditional feel. The edgings are varnished hardwood and the upholstry is an exterior complimenting half-leather, half blue fabric number.

The kitchen is behind the drivers seat and has a sink/drainer and thetford cooker, as well as a low-level furniture unit inside the sliding door containing a sizeable 110l compressor fridge. Also worth noting is that the table neatly clips to the fridge unit wall for outdoor use with the sliding door open.

The bed isn't the biggest but it's easier to make up than it's rivals such as the Shire Phoenix ML.

The location of the flat-screen monitor allows the possibility of watching TV from either end of the van.

On the technical side the Ikon comes with twin leisure batteries, a Truma E2400 heating system and a 10l boiler. There's LED lighting throughout, but the strip for the kitchen is impeded by the open cooker lid.

The main criticism is the rather upright and hard lounge seating, but the innovation within aspects such as storage is to be applauded.

It's far from the cheapest Showdown vehicle, but there's a handcrafted theme to Horizons' highly-experienced work. If you like the mid-lounge/end-washroom concept, here's some quality for you.

Read the full review in the June 2013 digital issue of Which Motorhome

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Our Verdict

There’s lots of bespoke quality to admire and this mid-lounge layout offers something genuinely different for a touring couple.

Horizons Leisure Ikon - ultimate showdown review