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SWIFT HI-STYLE 674
Price from: £75,285
Berths: 6 Travel seats: 5
Base vehicle: Fiat Ducato Al-Ko
Length: 8.22m
Gross weight: 4,500kg
Swift’s Escape debuted in 2009 as an all-new entry-level coachbuilt, with a starting price of around £30k. Over a decade on, how things have changed. While the Edge took over a couple of years ago as the company’s most affordable motorhome, there’s a completely new Escape for 2022 and it’s definitely bigger and better – as well as being both more continental and more contemporary in style. It’s so different, we wonder if it deserved a new name.
Well, here, it does have an alternative moniker – Hi-Style – because this is Lowdhams’ exclusive version, which claims over £6,000 of extra kit. It’s also the only dealer special based on the 2022 Escape, so we were thrilled that the Nottingham dealer came up trumps with a ’van for review when the factory couldn’t.
Apart from added toys, only the upholstery and fabric on the walls differ from Swift’s standard offering.
This is the Hi-Style 674 – the largest of five models, measuring a surprisingly generous 8.22m in length – and boasting two lounges, a garage, and a 4,500kg gross weight. It’s the only one that requires a C1 category licence, even in manual gearbox form, but
