→Price £73,495 →Sleeps 3 →Belts 4 →Base vehicle Fiat Ducato →Engine 2.2-litre, 140bhp →Length/width/height 6.00/2.26/2.72m (19’7”/7’4”/8’9”) →MTPLM 3500kg →Payload 571kg →Water (fresh/waste) 93/58 litres →Leisure battery 90Ah →Gas 2 x 3.9kg
Contact Swift Group Address Dunswell Road, Cottingham, East Yorkshire HU16 4JX Tel 01482 847 332 Web swiftgroup.com
Swift’s Carrera van conversion range is only just over a year old; it’s a five-model line-up of Fiat Ducato-based van conversions, offering from two to four berths, depending on which model you choose.
We had a look at the two-berth 122 just after the range was launched (issue 271). But we thought it might be time to test a different floorplan, so took the 144, with front dinette and rear lounge, to Cote Ghyll Caravan Park, in North Yorkshire (www.coteghyll.com).
Exterior and cab
Lanzarote grey – a smart dark charcoal colour – is clearly the colour of choice in van conversions at the moment, because it appears either as standard or at the very least as an option on a great many of them.
It’s the standard colour on Swift’s Carrera range, but if you are heading for off-road adventures, as we were, it’s a colour that also makes sense, because it won’t show the dirt as much. Tinted flush-fitting windows add to the smart looks.
The nearside of the ’van includes a gas barbecue
