FAMILY LIGHTWEIGHT

There’s not much doubt that, for the most part, European caravan manufacturers do things a little differently to those in Australia. However, many of the basics are the same and certainly many of the component parts are very familiar.

Slovenian-built Adria’s Altea 552PK is a case in point. It’s a family van that has triple bunks fitted, in addition to a double bed for mum and dad. It’s a layout certainly that’s quite familiar to many of us, with a few compromises to fit into the external length of just 6.3m (20ft 8in).

Undoubtedly the attractive feature for many is the towing weight of the van or lack thereof. It has an Aggregate Trailer Mass (ATM) of 1920kg and a tare of 1470kg giving it a reasonable but not excessive payload of 450kg. All that means that a wide range of tow vehicles can be used, including many found in the family house driveway. If a tow vehicle with a towing capacity of say 3000kg