IN-DEPTH TEST SHOWROOM IN-DEPTH TEST
Price £39,995 Berths 4 MTPLM 1800kg
WE RECKON THAT before this year, there is a good chance you won’t have heard of French-built La Mancelle caravans. But the brand has a long, impressive history: owned by French giant Trigano, it was born in 1960, in the historic city of Le Mans.
Late last year, fellow Trigano Group member Marquis decided to import a range of La Mancelle caravans to the UK; these have now arrived and are available to view at three Marquis branches (Surrey, Exeter and South Yorkshire).
We featured a two-page review of the Fantaisy 440 CL in issue 465; here, we take an in-depth look at a model in the more luxurious Liberty range, the four-berth island-bed 490 SA.
Design
When you first see the Liberty 490 SA, you can’t help but notice its distinctive but very stylish brown-and-white body, and its shape - it’s like no other caravan you’ll find on the road in the UK at present, and will certainly stand out on a campsite.
As well as being unusual, that curvy bodyshell is aerodynamic, which should help your fuel economy on the road.
At the front of the caravan is a large, one-piece window, which takes up most of the front panel.
