ANALYSING THE FINDINGS
BEST VAN CONVERTER
A round of applause for Bilbo’s in Surrey, the Best Van Converter (direct sales) for 2022. To win this award means scoring consistently high for the quality of its conversions and its sales and servicing, for both new and pre-owned vehicles.
In effect four categories rolled into one, Bilbo’s was the only converter to reach the Gold Award standard across all four, with a great overall score of 96.6%.
No other converter can claim the same, although there were impressively high scores. Judged solely on new conversions, Wellhouse was highest, with a score of 98%, followed by Vantage (97.3%) and Murvi (96.1%).
BEST MANUFACTURER: NEW MOTORHOMES
Congratulations to Adria for winning this year’s award for Best Manufacturer: New Motorhomes. It’s a return to form for Adria after 2020’s blip, when it dropped down the table, having won in 2019. Whatever caused a lower score in our previous survey seems to have been well and truly sorted, with an excellent score of 90.9%.
There’s clear daylight between Adria and the best of the rest, Bürstner. The German brand repeats its 2020 second place, earning a Gold Award with 87.4%.
With the target score for a Gold Award increasing this year, Roller Team just misses out, despite scoring 84.9%. However, it still takes the final podium place and leads the list of Silver Award winners, just ahead of Hymer (84.4%) in fourth.
Auto-Trail wins the scrap to finish first among the UK-based motorhome manufacturers, with an impressive score of 82.7%. Auto-Sleepers is just behind, scoring
