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Peter Vaughan
LE VOYAGEUR HÉRITAGE LVXH 8.7 CF
Price from: £141,990
Berths: 4 Travel seats: 4
Base vehicle: Mercedes Sprinter Al-Ko
Length: 8.75m
Gross weight: 5,500kg
Few manufacturers start life in the world of motorhomes with an A-class but that’s exactly the path that Le Voyageur took more than four decades ago on a Mercedes chassis. It remains a specialist in this upper echelon of leisure vehicles and celebrates that heritage with a new - appropriately titled - flagship that, once again, unites a Teutonic chassis with Gallic chic.
There are just four Héritage models, two with a single rear axle (7.91m overall) and the same choice of twin beds or an island bed on a tag-axle chassis. At 8.75m long, these two 5.5-tonne six-wheelers are now the largest Le Voyageurs on sale.
They start with a list price of £141,990 but, as is often the case, that figure is somewhat misleading. Surely, no one will ever order a luxury motorhome of this ilk without the Luxury Pack, which adds a whopping £34,800 to your bill? It’s such an intrinsic part of the LVXH that the spec referred to in this test will assume that you’ve ticked that box.
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