Vehicles
Find the right vehicle
Every category solves a different problem and creates a different one. Begin with the way you travel, the licence you hold and the space you can park in — the layout comes last.
01
Motorhomes
Coachbuilt space, at a cost in length and running expense.
- Price guide
- £48,000 – £135,000 new
- Licence
- B licence to 3,500kg; C1 above
02
Campervans
The vehicle you will actually use on an ordinary weekend.
- Price guide
- £38,000 – £92,000 new
- Licence
- Standard B licence
03
Caravans
The most living space per pound, if you can tow it.
- Price guide
- £18,000 – £42,000 new
- Licence
- B licence with towing entitlement rules by date of test
Guides
Buying guides and reviews
Long-form assessments written after time with the vehicle, not after a press briefing.
The compact coachbuilt, reconsidered
Six metres, a fixed island bed and 400kg of payload. We spent three weeks establishing whether the shortest coachbuilt in its class asks too much of its floorplan.
Review02Buying used: the first hour of an inspection
Most expensive mistakes in the used market are visible within sixty minutes, if you know the order to look in.
Buying guide03Campervan or caravan: an honest comparison
The two most common shortlists in British road travel rarely overlap on paper, and almost always overlap in the buyer's head.
Comparison04The used market, explained
Where depreciation flattens, what a fair price looks like and which faults are terminal.
Market