BUNKING OFF
Victorian based Nova caravans is something of a boutique caravan manufacturer. Building everything from the aptly labelled Metrolink to the flagship Pride Platinum, with the offroad Terra Sportz in between, the company has a relatively small but quite impressive range of caravans.
Included in the Nova stable is the well-named Family Escape range, or to give the full handle, the Signature Z Series Family Escape. I’ll just stick with Family Escape for this review of the 176-8C model, which came from Penrith-based (NSW) Sydney RV. Like many dealers at this time, Sydney RV is suffering from a general stock shortage but fortunately the 176-8C was readily available for a test drive.
ON THE ROAD
“Like most of the Nova caravans the Family Escape has a very stylish, streamlined look”
Looking at the van, a few vital statistics are that it has an external length of 5.73m (18ft 10in), an aggregate trailer mass (ATM) of
