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Every vehicle, and what each one is for

They are not versions of the same thing. One has four wheel drive, one runs on electricity, one has a bathroom you can stand up in, and one was built in 1987 and gets waved at.

Little Grey, a Volkswagen Transporter T6.1 Highline, DubMotion conversion

Little Grey

from £95 a night

Volkswagen Transporter T6.1 Highline, DubMotion conversion, 2021

A 150bhp T6.1 Highline with the DSG box, converted by DubMotion and finished in grey with a pop top to match. Five belted seats, which is one more than most vans this size manage, and four berths once the rock and roll bed is down and the roof is up. The solar panel means you can park somewhere with a view rather than somewhere with a bollard, and the two way fridge keeps working whether you are plugged in or not. Inside it is dark woodgrain and brushed aluminium, quilted upholstery with the bee stitched into the headrests, pleated blackout blinds at every window and a lit VW roundel in the roof. Sat nav, adaptive cruise and parking assist make the long drive to the start of the holiday the easy part.

  • Sleeps 4
  • 5 belts
  • Automatic
  • 4.9m long
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George, a Volkswagen Transporter T6.1 Highline, DubMotion conversion

George

from £95 a night

Volkswagen Transporter T6.1 Highline, DubMotion conversion, 2021

George is the winter van. A diesel heater that runs off the main tank, a three way fridge that will work on gas when there is no power anywhere, and a 240v inverter for the things that refuse to charge off USB. The pop top is the panoramic one, so the view from the top bunk is most of the sky. Same 150bhp Highline and DSG box as Little Grey, same five belts and four berths, with a rear camera and LED headlights on top.

  • Sleeps 4
  • 5 belts
  • Automatic
  • 4.9m long
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Ruby, a Volkswagen T25, Holdsworth Villa 3 conversion

Ruby

from £85 a night

Volkswagen T25, Holdsworth Villa 3 conversion, 1987

Ruby is the classic, and the one people book twice. A 1987 T25 with a Holdsworth Villa 3 conversion, in burgundy, with fifty thousand miles on her from new. Curtains rather than blinds, a front seat that rotates round to the table, a gas heater and a three way fridge that keeps going on gas when there is no power to be had. She also has her own loo, which the modern vans do not. She is slower than the Transporters and she is meant to be: you will stop more, and people will talk to you at every one of those stops.

  • Sleeps 4
  • 5 belts
  • Manual
  • 4.6m long
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Rhino, a Volkswagen Transporter T6.1 Highline 4MOTION, DubMotion conversion

Rhino

from £105 a night

Volkswagen Transporter T6.1 Highline 4MOTION, DubMotion conversion, 2021

Rhino is the one to take when the track to the good spot is not tarmac. Four wheel drive and 199bhp, which is fifty more than the others and the difference between a wet field being a problem and being a field. Everything George has comes as standard here too: diesel heater, three way fridge, inverter and the panoramic pop top. The tow bar comes off when you are not using it, so it is not in the way the rest of the time.

  • Sleeps 4
  • 5 belts
  • Automatic
  • 4.9m long
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Tokyo, a Fully electric campervan

Tokyo

from £90 a night

Fully electric campervan, 2023

Tokyo is the electric one. A hundred and sixty miles between charges, no exhaust, and nothing to pay to drive into a clean air zone, which is what makes a city stop part of the trip rather than a thing you route around. The lithium leisure batteries run a proper 240v supply, so working from the van is a real option rather than a claim. What you notice first is the quiet: no engine idling while the heater warms up, no clatter at six in the morning, nothing to hear at all when you park up for the night.

  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 belts
  • Automatic
  • 4.9m long
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Ultimate, a Volkswagen Grand California 600

Ultimate

from £120 a night

Volkswagen Grand California 600, 2022

Ultimate is built by Volkswagen rather than converted afterwards, and you can hear it: there is nothing rattling behind the panels after two hundred miles. Central heating, a separate shower and toilet, hot and cold running water and solar on the roof, which together are what let you stay put for a week without looking for a site. The drive is the surprise. Eight speed automatic, adaptive cruise, sat nav and a parking camera with sensors, so it handles far more like a car than its size suggests. Still under 3,500kg, so an ordinary car licence covers it.

  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 belts
  • Automatic
  • 6m long
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