A caravan one person can easily manoeuvre by hand (on even ground!)

Swift Sterling Eccles Europa 390, 2010

Price new: £12,360

This caravan is a two berth with an end kitchen

Take a standard end-kitchen two-berth layout, give it a cleverly-designed kitchen worktop plus cool pale woodwork and you have something rather special.
It’s the new Sterling Europa 390, the baby of the bunch of Europa newcomers for 2010.
And its outstanding feature is right where it matters – at the hub of caravan living. Instead of being a straight rectangle, the kitchen work surface protrudes in a slight triangular shape towards the door, giving you a greater amount of work surface while still providing plenty of space to stand in front of the cooker and sink.

And the sink deserves more than a passing mention. It’s a beautiful grey granite effect, big and circular – and oh so stylish.
The style goes on… Woodwork is the pale hue similar to that which characterised the 2009 90th year of Eccles celebration editions throughout that range. It’s teamed with a dark stripe running below the head lockers, giving just enough interest without detracting from the main point about this pale woodwork in that it makes the caravan very light and airy. Look more carefully and you see another style feature that contributes to this light aspect. It’s the upholstery. The major colour is cream, with. prominent slashes of peach and terracotta, that weave in among the creams and fawns. This feature fabric is complemented by hessian-look edges and bands on the cushions. The result: a stunning mixture that punches well above the weight of this caravan’s price bracket.

Caravan layout

One of the shortest caravans around is also one that packs in two great features. One is the swing-wall washroom, the other is the shape of the kitchen work surface. Style is here in no small measure. It’s a light, bright caravan that will appeal to get-up-and-go couples who are looking for a caravan that’s short on length but not short of style, specification and build quality.