Push the boat out
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Peter Vaughan
Hymer and Pilote established the A-class breed in the UK, but models like the former’s classic B544 weren’t big ’vans; they didn’t need to be because the main bed was a drop-down one above the cab. Such models have always been popular here, but their appeal on the Continent must have waned as they are very hard to find in current ranges.
It’s great, then, to see this new addition to Mobilvetta’s K-Yacht line-up for 2022. Not only is it spacious for its size, due to the lack of a separate bedroom, but it’s remarkably compact, too, at just 5.99m long.
You can thank the buying power of Marquis (Mobilvetta’s UK importer and sister company in the Trigano Group) for the inclusion of such a Brit-friendly model in a portfolio that first appeared on our shores in 2017. Its Anglification even extends to a UK-handed format, with the driver’s door actually serving the driver and the habitation door on the nearside.
This K-59 is the baby of a five-model range this season, but all K-Yachts get a new look. That’s most obvious in the bold front grille design emblazoned with the Mobilvetta logo in chrome, but there’s also a squarer profile where side walls meet the roof (making
