Young and keen

Bingo callers might shout ‘young and keen’ for the number 15 but, for Carado (the budget brand of Hymer), it’s simply another birthday and it is celebrating, as motorhome brands are wont to do, with a special edition model. Aptly named the Edition15, the important point is not the lack of a gap in the title (designed, surely, to upset our proofreader), but the claimed saving of nearly £3,000 compared with a standard model that is spec’d up to the same level.

As you can get an Edition15 as a campervan, a Van (slimline coachbuilt), low-profile or A-class, it seems likely that just about every model rolling out of the Capron factory (also home to the Sunlight marque) this season will have the poorly punctuated name – and the extra kit. But there’s added interest for A-class customers as the 2022 season also brings with it a new design for the front of the motorhome. The previous look did nothing to hide the entrylevel status of the Carado ‘I’ models, so the facelift is quite a transformation.

Its three A-classes are each offered in Edition15 form, this I338 being the most compact. Like its bigger brothers, it gets 16in alloy wheels and flush-fitting framed windows as part of the special spec, while a superior entrance door with