Adria Sport S 690 SC
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Description
PRICE AS TESTED £43,282 OPTIONS FITTED SE Lux Pack (£1,999) – cab air-con, cruise control, passenger airbag, flyscreen door, Truma heater 4E mains operation upgrade, ambient lighting TYPE APPROVAL European Whole Vehicle BERTHS/TRAVEL SEATS 3/4
Key Features
Model Year
2013
Product Class
Low Profile
Product Model Base
Fiat Ducato
Price from (£)
£41283
Length (m)
7.36
Berths
3
Belted seats
4
Main Layout
Island Bed
Full Review
Rooted in the seven-and-a-half-metre class, this low-profile from eastern Europe offer lots of bang for your buck. But there’s more, as the layout provides an island bed, separate shower, Brit-friendly kitchen and lots of desirable kit, fitted as standard.
Sport explained
Sport is Adria’s entry-level range, but you’d be hardpressed to know it – the 690 presents a visage of seemingly mid-range confidence that’s nicely married to Fiat’s Camper chassis-equipped Ducato. Here, there’s a wide-track rear axle and 130-horsepower motor.
Locking is remote central, mirrors are electrically adjusted. Add the penny-under-two-grand SE Lux Pack and you get the air-con, passenger airbag and cruise control that brings the cab appointments up to scratch.
On-road performance, comfort and handling is set to be excellent, as the genuine low-profile body sits nice and squat – a fact demonstrated by the lack of any need of
an external step for the habitation door.
Payload is good too – well over half a tonne should be plenty for the touring couple that this ’van is aimed at. Step aboard and you’re confronted by an interior that presents Adria’s take on the latest in motorhome modernity.
Layout
The layout is conventional for the type: lounge sits ahead of L-shaped kitchen, with separate shower and wash/toilet room serving the bedroom in the rear. The ‘Euro lounge’ uses swivelled cab seats, includes a small side seat and two rear travel seats.
Mealtimes see a slide-out-and-pop-up table extension make sure that there’s plenty of room for four to eat – oceans of space for the three people that can live aboard. And the third person sleeps in a single bed made from the lounge – likely a youngster who takes the occasional trip.
Kitchen
Kitchen features combine wow-factor and practicality, with an eye-catching – oblong – deep designer sink doing the wowing. There’s plenty of space for crocks in here but there’s no drainer and the tap is a bit of a 'cheapy'.
Bed
The Adria Sport S 690 SC's double bed will sell this motorhome.
It’s long (6ft 7in) and wider than a domestic double (4ft 9in), and the heads can rise – independently of each other – for comfy reading and slurping of your favourite abed beverage. The foot of the bed houses a large storage locker, while on the offside there’s a neat vanity unit, with mirrored cabinet, counter, drawer and shelf.
Washroom
Opposite stands the separate shower – rigid doors, duckboard, rooflight, and drying rail are all included.
There is a problem here with headroom, though.
I’m only 5ft 9in tall, but my head made contact not just with the drying rail, but also the frame of the rooflight, which is higher. A nice long bed, but a limited-headroom shower – hmmm...
Thankfully, it’s difficult to criticise the remainder of the ablutions: sensible basin, counter-top, storage above and below, C250 loo and three mirrors tick all the boxes for a practical toilet/washroom that should work very well.
Read the full review in the May 2013 issue of Which Motorhome
Our Verdict
Great value, good-looking, nicely made and well equipped. Only let down by a lack of headroom in the shower.
Advantages
Spacious semi-garage
Generous island bed
Comfortable lounge with pop-up table extension
Low-level oven
Large fridge/freezer
Great value
Disadvantages
Limited headroom in shower
Limited headroom in shower
’Cheapy’ kitchen tap
