FIRST LOOK SHOWROOM
Price £43,645 Berths 4 MiRO 1740kg MTPLM 2000kg
Eye-catching new profile, with large front gas locker and extended drawbar
WHEN IT WAS launched in 2012 under the Astella name, the Rio Grande was an 8ft-wide van (an idea then new to touring) that sported a front kitchen. Such a layout was not uncommon in UK tourers in the 20th century, although by the 1970s, it had rather lost its appeal here.
Fast forward 11 years and the refreshed version, rebranded the Alpina Rio Grande, continues this layout, but with a