Big test FORD NUGGET
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So here it is. The Ford Nugget made its UK appearance at the NEC Show in October 2019, some two years after it had first arrived at the Caravan Salon in Düsseldorf.
The delay wasn’t entirely unexpected. For some time, there was even some doubt about when the new vehicle, designed for Ford by Westfalia, would actually be appearing on these shores, notwithstanding the success of its most obvious rival, the VW California.
The onset of the pandemic caused further uncertainty here at Practical Motorhome over when we might get our hands on the new model. At last, earlier this year (just after the end of the latest lockdown), we were able to take one for a test spin for a week.
Ford is making the new Nugget in two formats: the standard Nugget, which is based on the short-wheelbase Transit Custom and does without a separate washroom, and the Nugget Plus.
The latter takes advantage of the extra 37cm in the long-wheelbase version of the Custom (which is 5.34m long) to provide a small handbasin and a toilet.
We’re planning to test the Nugget Plus in the not too distant future, but the model that we’ve tested here is the standard Nugget.
Exterior and cab
Our test model came with metallic
