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FEBRUARY 2012 I 131 Live-in Test report Words and pictures by Andrew and Rona Bromley 1 Pitched at Polstead Camping and Caravanning Club Site in Suffolk 2 View forwards from rear lounge. Heating controls fall easily to hand, but there’s no TV point in here 3 Half-dinette and rear lounge give lots of choices for seating and eating OCEANS OF SPACE Adria Coral S 670 SU on 2.3-litre Fiat Ducato Is Adria’s luxury rear lounge-equipped low-profile all at sea, or riding the crest of a wave? PRICE FROM: £50,990 OTR BERTHS: 3 BASE VEHICLE: Fiat Ducato LWB camper chassis cab LAYOUT: Rear lounge coachbuilt ECONOMY: 25 mpg AT A GLANCE On Test Adria Coral S 670 SU A dria, the big Slovenian manufacturer of caravans and motorhomes, has a well- deserved reputation for producing novel and well-developed designs: think of the much-copied Adria Twin panel van conversion, with its transverse rear bed. Seven motorhome ranges are currently produced, from Twins up to the Sonic A-class – some with Renault and Mercedes base vehicles, but most built on Fiat Ducatos. Adria considers Britain an important market, having exported here for some 30 years, and our penchant for U-shaped rear lounges has been noted and Adria dipped its toes in the water with last year’s Coral 670SLL. Now, it returns with the improved Coral 670 SU, a 7.30-metre low-profile, combining the half-dinette beloved of Continentals with the extra space of the rear lounge. Certainly, there should be lots of choice for seating, but how will the two styles combine? Externally, the Coral is a smart, medium/ large-sized, low-profile coachbuilt, with darkened windows and tasteful grey and red decals. You can specify (at considerable cost) grey or silver cab colouring, but the standard white, with colour-coded bumpers, was perfectly attractive to us. And this handsome body has a really tough, polyester GRP finishing coat. What appears to be an overcab sunroof turns out to be a painted panel: a Polyplastic skylight is available, but at nearly a grand extra. The stylish Seitz door (conveniently, connected to the cab’s central-locking) is well forward on the offside, and opens onto a low step that’s nicely lit by a glowing Adria sign. The illuminated grab-handle is another nice touch. Opposite is the half-dinette and to the right, behind the driver, is a ‘dicky’ seat. To the left is a large, black-fronted, fridge/freezer and beyond that, the washroom. Aft of the dinette is an L-shaped kitchen, then a tall wardrobe and, occupying the whole of the rear, a sumptuous-looking lounge. Décor is fairly standard in ‘Continental modern’ – a cream/beige lined pattern with beige faux-suede panels (sensibly treated with Glamour Shield stain protection). Cream removable carpets throughout are over wood-strip-effect vinyl and curtains in harmonising taupe. Afromozia woodwork is a medium tan, with the usual cream panels, silver handles and strips on overhead lockers. Lower kitchen units are cream and kitchen surfaces and tables are all high-gloss (the better to show fingerprints), with a dark grey speckle; they seem very durable. First impressions of the interior are favourable. Though not revolutionary, it’s modern, welcoming and roomy, while finish and material quality are very good. 1 2 3

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FEBRUARY 2012 I 131

Live-in Test report▲

Words and pictures by Andrew and Rona Bromley

1 Pitched at Polstead Camping and Caravanning

Club Site in Suffolk

2 View forwards from rear lounge. Heating controls

fall easily to hand, but there’s no TV point in here

3 Half-dinette and rear lounge give lots of choices for

seating and eating

OCEANS OF SPACEAdria Coral S 670 SU on 2.3-litre Fiat Ducato

Is Adria’s luxury rear lounge-equipped low-profi le all at sea, or riding the crest of a wave?

■ PRICE FROM: £50,990 OTR■ BERTHS: 3■ BASE VEHICLE: Fiat Ducato LWB

camper chassis cab■ LAYOUT: Rear lounge coachbuilt■ ECONOMY: 25 mpg

AT A GLANCE

On Test Adria Coral S 670 SU

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Adria, the big Slovenian manufacturer of caravans and motorhomes, has a well-

deserved reputation for producing novel and well-developed designs: think of the much-copied Adria Twin panel van conversion, with its

transverse rear bed. Seven motorhome ranges are currently produced, from Twins up to the Sonic A-class – some with Renault and Mercedes base vehicles, but most built on Fiat Ducatos.

Adria considers Britain an important market, having exported here for some 30 years, and our penchant for U-shaped rear lounges has been noted and Adria dipped its toes in the water with last year’s Coral 670SLL. Now, it returns with the improved Coral 670 SU, a 7.30-metre low-profile, combining the half-dinette beloved of Continentals with the extra space of the rear lounge. Certainly, there should be lots of choice for seating, but how will the two styles combine?

Externally, the Coral is a smart, medium/large-sized, low-profile coachbuilt, with darkened windows and tasteful grey and red decals. You can specify (at considerable cost) grey or silver cab colouring, but the standard white, with colour-coded bumpers, was perfectly attractive to us. And this handsome body has a really tough, polyester GRP finishing coat. What appears to be an overcab sunroof

turns out to be a painted panel: a Polyplastic skylight is available, but at nearly a grand extra.

The stylish Seitz door (conveniently, connected to the cab’s central-locking) is well forward on the offside, and opens onto a low step that’s nicely lit by a glowing Adria sign. The illuminated grab-handle is another nice touch.

Opposite is the half-dinette and to the right, behind the driver, is a ‘dicky’ seat. To the left is a large, black-fronted, fridge/freezer and beyond that, the washroom. Aft of the dinette is an L-shaped kitchen, then a tall wardrobe and, occupying the whole of the rear, a sumptuous-looking lounge.

Décor is fairly standard in ‘Continental modern’ – a cream/beige lined pattern with beige faux-suede panels (sensibly treated with Glamour Shield stain protection). Cream removable carpets throughout are over wood-strip-effect vinyl and curtains in harmonising taupe.

Afromozia woodwork is a medium tan, with the usual cream panels, silver handles and strips on overhead lockers. Lower kitchen units are cream and kitchen surfaces and tables are all high-gloss (the better to show fingerprints), with a dark grey speckle; they seem very durable.

First impressions of the interior are favourable. Though not revolutionary, it’s modern, welcoming and roomy, while finish and material quality are very good.1

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CAB ENVIRONS The Coral is based on Fiat’s Ducato, with the special camper chassis produced specifically for motorhomes. This example, though new, was a pre-facelift version – future production ’vans will have the new Euro 5 compliant motor and revised, more flashy, cockpit trims.

However, there’s not much wrong with the outgoing version in my opinion. The cab offers a good driving position, with multi-adjustable seats and a steering wheel adjustable for reach, if only marginally for rake. There are cubbies and bins galore, and this example boasted a rear-view camera screen, focusing on the ground immediately behind.

With reasonable visibility via the interior mirror (through the large lounge window), reversing sensors and the excellent door mirrors, this is a real case of ‘belt, braces, velcro and string’. However, there’s no radio: this is left for the buyer to choose – the habitation area is pre-wired for extra speakers and television, but again, none are fitted.

ROAD GOINGAdria’s British concessionaires are based in Long Melford in Suffolk, one of many picturesque small towns and villages in a lovely rural area, so it’s always a pleasure to visit and test here. However, the road network is challenging, to say the least: small, twisting lanes, tight bends, narrow sections and encroaching hedges – and those are just the A-roads!

Road signs can be misleading, map information often outdated, so I dread to think where a satnav might tempt you to go! Where better to test drive someone else’s new (one mile on the odometer) luxury motorhome?

Naturally, the engine was very tight, and there was little opportunity for economical long-legged cruising: I only occasionally achieved sixth gear. The trip computer eventually claimed 19.7mpg overall, but I feel this is (fortunately) pessimistic. From past experience with similar ’vans, I’d certainly expect to achieve mid-20s,

and possibly up to 30mpg in perfect conditions. Rural Suffolk is one area where the size of

modern motorhomes makes you think carefully about route planning. It’s not so much length as width, which causes concern, particularly when fast-moving, oncoming lorries contest your side of the carriageway.

Is it only me who wishes manufacturers wouldn’t increase size and girth of the new models? Our roads certainly aren’t getting any wider!

The Coral performed well in these awkward circumstances – handling and road-holding were surefooted and the brakes excellent. With only nominal hills available, reversing capabilities couldn’t be checked, but things were fine on the flat.

Interior noise was muted, though there were some rattles, and we noted that the rear lounge window blinds (though not the dinette window – which had a concertina blind) were of the roller type, which relax and chatter incessantly when older (as many of us do).

LOUNGE, EAT AND MEET With both dinette and rear lounge, you could hold a conference in here! We reckoned five could sit around the dinette table (which extends), plus another five or six folk at the back. The forward-facing dinette settee has two three-point belts for two rear travellers. Adria says the side seat is homologated for a fifth passenger, but as it only has a lap-strap, and even though it’s configured to face rearwards for travel, I’m not volunteering!

The half-dinette is as comfortable as any we’ve used. Up a small step, headroom is slightly limited at 1.85m (just over six feet), but quite acceptable as, generally, you’ll be seated. This allows the cab and dinette seats to be level, while bases and backs are all comfortably sculpted. With lounge and entrance door windows, two LED lights under the overhead nearside locker and a Midi Heki rooflight over the entrance, it’s reasonably well illuminated in here.

However, we rather missed the optional overcab sunroof. The panel has four spotlights in compensation, but it still felt a little dark around the table. If I’m being picky, children

may find the table-top a little high.The rear lounge is also up a step,

and has similarly restricted headroom. Settees stretch down both sides and across the rear, with shaped backrests (curved around the corners). Prominent knee-rolls adorn the front of the settees.

There’s another big table (stowed in the wardrobe), this one free-standing, so it’s useful for outdoors. There’s a Heki, four swivelling reading lights under the top lockers (which surround the lounge) and windows to side and rear. Though these windows are heavily tinted,

the beautiful weather during

our trip meant we hardly noticed this – it might be different in January!

The lounge is comfy for feet-up sprawling, though the proud knee-rolls might make the sitting uncomfortable for some. Interestingly, there’s no television point here – Adria has sited aerial and power points above the fridge, intending viewing to be from the dinette. We feel provision for a TV should be made in the rear lounge too.

Certainly, for large gatherings on site, there’s room to spare and if there’s just the two of you... why, it’s positively decadent!

FEEDING FRENZY So, you have a large party aboard, sitting comfortably and hungrily expectant: can you feed them using the facilities provided? This is often a weak point on Continental ‘vans, presumably based on the view that the chef is on holiday too, and better weather abroad encourages more outdoor cuisine. Just ensure there’s room in the fridge to keep the beer cool!

Adria has taken British requirements on board, to an extent. The main L-shaped unit’s tough worktop contains a deep stainless steel sink with large drain-hole and tall mixer tap. As usual with Continental ’vans, there’s no drainer, but attempting to mitigate the lack of work-surface, there’s a divided lid, allowing part to be

removed for access to the sink, and part left as worktop. There’s

also a food waste container (‘compost

bin’ according to Rona) set into

the worktop.

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4 A very practical and comfortable half-dinette. Adria has been producing these for ages and it shows

5 The huge rear lounge is very comfortable for sprawling

6 I wouldn’t use this lap-belt-only single seat for travel

7 The fridge is large enough to swallow a whole family’s provisions

8 Rona found the cooker and sink effective, though she was less impressed by the amount of workspace

9 No radio, but the excellent rear view camera, and all other trimmings are part of the SE Lux Pack ▲

windows to side and rear. Though these windows are heavily tinted,

the beautiful weather during

tough worktop contains a deep stainless steel sink with large drain-hole and tall mixer tap. As usual with Continental ’vans, there’s no drainer, but attempting to mitigate the lack of work-surface, there’s a divided lid, allowing part to be

removed for access to the sink, and part left as worktop. There’s

also a food waste container (‘compost

bin’ according to Rona) set into

the worktop.

444 A very practical and comfortable half-dinette. A very practical and comfortable half-dinette. A very practical and comfortable half-dinette. Adria has been producing these for ages and it showsAdria has been producing these for ages and it showsAdria has been producing these for ages and it showsAdria has been producing these for ages and it shows

5 The huge rear lounge is very comfortable for sprawlingThe huge rear lounge is very comfortable for sprawlingThe huge rear lounge is very comfortable for sprawlingThe huge rear lounge is very comfortable for sprawling

6 I wouldn’t use this lap-belt-only single seat for travelI wouldn’t use this lap-belt-only single seat for travelI wouldn’t use this lap-belt-only single seat for travelI wouldn’t use this lap-belt-only single seat for travel

777 The fridge is large enough to swallow a whole family’s provisionsThe fridge is large enough to swallow a whole family’s provisionsThe fridge is large enough to swallow a whole family’s provisionsThe fridge is large enough to swallow a whole family’s provisions

8 Rona found the cooker and sink effective, though she was less impressed by the amount of workspaceRona found the cooker and sink effective, though she was less impressed by the amount of workspaceRona found the cooker and sink effective, though she was less impressed by the amount of workspaceRona found the cooker and sink effective, though she was less impressed by the amount of workspaceRona found the cooker and sink effective, though she was less impressed by the amount of workspace

9 No radio, but the excellent rear view camera, and all other trimmings are part of the SE Lux PackNo radio, but the excellent rear view camera, and all other trimmings are part of the SE Lux PackNo radio, but the excellent rear view camera, and all other trimmings are part of the SE Lux Pack

and has similarly restricted headroom. Settees stretch down both sides and across the rear, with shaped backrests (curved around the corners). Prominent knee-rolls adorn the front of the settees.

■ OVERALL LENGTH: 7.36m (24ft 2in)

■ OVERALL WIDTH: 2.29m (7ft 6in)

LAYOUT PLAN

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useful surface here.It’s not the biggest kitchen and in practice,

Rona found it lacking in working area, both for preparation and washing-up. However, she approved of the big deep sink and the hob (three burners rather than four means pans aren’t crammed together). The oven worked well too. Overall, the kitchen passed critical muster, with reservations as to worktop space.

BRIGHT ABLUTIONS Just behind the fridge is the washroom. Immediate impressions are of brightness and light, despite the lack of window.

A skylight, white plastic shower walls and multitude of mirrors explain this effect. And with a mirrored corner cupboard, a large door mirror and two on the walls, there’s no escaping your reflection.

The corner vanity unit contains a tambour-doored cupboard and grey oval plastic basin. This is rather low – in fact I found it easier to clean teeth at the kitchen sink.

Thetford’s C250 swivel toilet sits in front and, enthroned, you might find elbow room tight. To the right is a teleporter-type shower cubicle, with curved sliding plastic screen – should be popular with Trekkies! Its proportions aren’t generous, so it helps if you’re slim. There’s a shower-head on a riser bar and a ceiling light in here. Oddly, whilst three towel hooks are provided, there are no toilet-roll, toothbrush or soap holders.

Within the constraints of its limited internal dimensions, this washroom works satisfactorily and is nicely finished, but it would have been more enjoyable to use had a few more inches of space been available.

UP AND DOWN AT NIGHT This motorhome may carry four travellers in safety, but they can’t all sleep inside. Adria labels the 670SU a three berth ’van, but the front single bed, made from the half-dinette, is hardly worthy of the description.

Like many dinette beds, it’s tadpole-shaped, much wider at the top than the bottom and made by combining settee and seat. In length and width, it’s certainly big enough for one person.

What makes it unusable, however, is the

heavily-shaped settee base and back, which are so memorably comfortable for daytime seating. At night, it might be like trying to sleep on a solid wave!

No, Coral 670SU is really a two berth, with a choice of two singles or a double which is a big 2.10 metres wide. On second thoughts, that’s certainly big enough for three, provided you’re all friendly...

Making a U-shaped lounge into a bed, or beds, should be simple – the work of a minute or two. Alas, not here.

For single beds, all that’s needed is to remove the two curved, corner backrest cushions and shove them in the cab (they’re very chunky, each being three cushions joined together, so occupy a deal of room). To form the double, however, those pesky knee-rolls mean all cushions must be turned – so the shaping faces the ’van sides – and they’re quite big and bulky, if not heavy. Then, infill slats draw forwards from a box at the rear, and the seatback cushions squeeze together in the middle.

OveralI, it’s quite a faff and so unnecessary. Do away with the knee-rolls all round, the seat would be lower (thus better for sitting too) and bed-making would be a doddle.

Bed-making completed, whether singles or double, the cushions are supportive and comfortable. There’s a curtain to divide you from the remainder of the ’van, but with just the two of you on board, you won’t need it! Up front, the cab’s Remis blinds pull together easily and cut out light efficiently.

This time, therefore, Adria has scored a near miss with its beds: if one ignores the dinette, the end result is good, but turning all the cushions to form the mattress is a chore.

WEIGHTY PROBLEM Payload isn’t massive – at 391kg on the standard 3,500kg chassis – especially if carrying three extra adults in addition to the driver, (whose weight is taken into account). If specifying the more powerful engine (a mighty 180bhp in the face-lifted version) and/or the heavy spare wheel and carrier (which regrettably is only an optional extra), one might be inclined to upgrade the chassis to 3,650kg, assuming your licence so allows.

Despite having a rear lounge, Adria has

managed to include a low ‘garage’ (maximum weight capacity 150kg), with side-hinged exterior doors and tie-down rings. This store extends under the offside settee, where there’s another external door.

From inside the ’van access can be gained to the garage/store, through a drop-down flap in the rear settee front and via removable sections of slatted bed-base. There’s a just a shallow tray under the nearside settee, because the Truma heater lives below.

Above the rear lounge are six overhead lockers and corner shelves for your books and magazines. There’s another locker above the small side seat up front and two more over the dinette table opposite. High, in each side of the overcab, is a cupboard for small items.

As previously described, the kitchen area has reasonable storage, and there’s ample space for toiletries in the washroom. There’s quite a number of stretchy pockets for magazines, maps and the like – beside the entrance door, for instance, and in the ceiling panel above the dinette.

However, what’s missing from the scheme is somewhere for bulky bedding: the area above the overcab would be the obvious place – with no sunroof the space isn’t used for anything else – but there’s only a narrow shelf here. No room under the dinette settee – that’s occupied by the freshwater tank. The dicky seat base has a little space, but also houses the leisure battery.

No, the only available place is the wardrobe, just behind the kitchen. That’s a shame, as it’s huge (with a hanging drop of 1.57 metres) and could otherwise take loads

of gear. As it is, it seemed quite small with our sleeping bags and pillows stashed there, and their presence made the free-standing rear table difficult to remove.

KITTED OUT WITH LUX As usual with Continental motorhomes, the fresh water tank is large (110 litres) and sited inboard. The waste water tank is underslung, but has insulation and heating that’s activated by a separate button on the Schaudt control panel, mounted above the caravan door.

The gas locker accommodates two 11kg gas cylinders, and has Secumotion fitted, allowing safe use of the gas heating whilst en-route. Adria specifies the leisure battery as an optional extra (£216); it may be better to buy the ideal size yourself, get the dealer to fit it and it may work out cheaper.

With radio, television and bracket, spare wheel and rear steadies (advisable, with rear bed and long overhang) all optional, I’m inclined to feel the Coral is slightly under-equipped in its standard trim. I’d be surprised if anyone didn’t specify the SE Lux pack, which for £2,890, gives passenger airbag, cruise control, cab air-conditioning and the solid-and-pleasing Seitz caravan door, plus an upgrade in the heating to the excellent Truma Combi 6E (powered by gas/mains electricity).

However, as far as home comforts are concerned, Coral’s are well placed and generous – there are blown air vents everywhere: under the dicky seat, under the dinette table, in the doorway, the dinette step, washroom, rear lounge step and two in the rear lounge.

All lights are LEDs, and the ambient strips

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10 Mirrors everywhere in the washroom make it seem bright and larger than it really is. A loo roll holder would be useful

11 I defy anyone to sleep comfortably on the dinette bed, even if it’s easier to make than some

12 A monster double bed or two singles are possible

13 Remis cab blinds are easy to operate and proved effective

14 There’s lots of storage space under the lounge, but a rather modest payload

15 The wardrobe looks enormous until you stash your bedding in there

16 Schaudt control panel is clear and easy to use

17 The illuminated grab handle by the entrance door is a nice touch

The cooker, a Thetford Triplex with three burners (electronically ignited) and a combi oven/grill beneath, has a glass lid. Beneath is a slim cupboard with bottle rack.

Below the sink is an excellent cutlery drawer, with removable tray, and further drawers, including one big enough for pans. Two high-level lockers (one shelved) have lights beneath and an extractor fan, which vents to the outside.

There’s also a high-level cocktail cabinet with curved black plastic doors. We tried carrying our wine glasses therein – good thing they’re plastic, as they fell out of their holders when travelling.

Opposite, on the offside, is the impressive fridge/freezer. With a total capacity of 160 litres, this should cope with all cooling requirements. The surface above, with a nearby socket perfect for the kettle, is too tall for general use as a kitchen worktop. A less enormous fridge, with freezer compartment incorporated, could provide a lower, more

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WE LIKED■ Comfortable half-dinette■ Robust bodywork and furnishings■ Excellent rear view and reversing aids■ Base vehicle handling and driving■ Deep sink and three-burner

hob in kitchen■ Sensibly-placed mains sockets

WE WOULD HAVE LIKED ■ Somewhere other than wardrobe to

store bedding■ More space in kitchen and washroom■ Television point in rear lounge

WE DISLIKED ■ Knee-rolls on rear lounge cushions ■ Chore making double bed ■ Lack of standard spare wheel ■ Poor rear lounge blinds

(around the cornice) illuminate the top lockers’ interiors. Two ceiling light fittings (one amidships and one over the rear lounge) each have three LED lights, which can be switched to blue should the mood take you.

Mains sockets are well placed: adjacent the dinette table (convenient for the laptop), in the nearside settee base in the rear lounge, above the fridge and below the kitchen surface.

CONCLUSION What’s one to make of Adria’s new offering? As we’d expect from this company, it’s robustly constructed and beautifully finished – aside from some wiring left exposed in cupboard interiors (I’m nit-picking).

The motorhome, like most Fiats and other Sevels, drives very sweetly, though like all of them, it’s perhaps a shade wide for comfort on busy narrow roads.

The half-dinette is an excellent example of its type – unusually, we found it comfortable enough to use as a main lounge, rendering the extra, huge rear seating area almost unnecessary. In fact, we’d be tempted to leave the monster double bed there permanently made – especially when there’s good weather outside.

Washroom and kitchen are both somewhat compromised in size, which limits their practicality, and I’d like somewhere other than the wardrobe to keep bedding.

Though not cheap, it’s comparable in price to the opposition, even when fully kitted out, and it should certainly be on the shortlist of anyone in the market for a luxurious rear lounge ’van. ■

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VEHICLE SUPPLIED BYAdria Concessionaires, Hall Street, Long Melford, Suffolk, CO10 9JPTel: 01787-888980Web: www.adriaconcessionaires.co.uk WE STAYED ATPolstead Camping and Caravanning Club site, Holt Road, Bower House Tye, Polstead, Suffolk CO6 5BZTel: 01787–211969Web: www.thefriendlyclub.co.uk

TYPELow profile coachbuilt

PRICE ■ From: £50,990 OTR ■ As tested: £55,983 OTR

BASICS■ Vehicle: Fiat Ducato LWB camper chassis

cab■ Berths: 3■ Three-point belted seats: 4 (incl driver)■ Warranty: 3 years base vehicle and

conversion, 6 years water ingress

CONSTRUCTIONGRP clad sandwich construction with aluminium skirts. Caravan door on UK offside

DIMENSIONS■ Length: 7.36m (24ft 2in)■ Width: 2.29m (7ft 6in)■ Height: 2.75m (9ft 0.5in)■ Wheelbase: 4.03m (13ft 3in)■ Rear overhang: 2.35m (7ft 8.5in)■ Gross vehicle weight: 3,500kg■ Payload: 391kg (after allowance for weight

of driver @ 75kg, 90 per cent fuel, freshwater, 1 gas cylinder)

THE VEHICLE■ Engine: 2.3-litre Euro 5 turbo-diesel,

producing 130bhp■ Transmission: Six-speed manual gearbox,

front-wheel drive■ Fuel consumption: 25mpg■ Brakes: Servo-assisted discs with ABS■ Suspension: Front: Independent on coil

springs. Rear: leaf springs on rigid axle■ Features: Driver and passenger airbags,

ABS and EBD, deadlocks, Waeco immobiliser/alarm, central locking (including caravan door), trip computer, cruise control, cab air-conditioning, rear view camera, rear parking sensors

LOUNGING AND DININGFront lounge-diner provides seating for five on swivelled cab seats, single side seat and

forward-facing twin seat around extendable, wall-mounted table. Rear U-shaped lounge has seating for six around free-standing table, which stows in wardrobe

KITCHENMain unit houses cooker, sink, two overhead lockers (one shelved), cutlery drawer, further drawer, large pan drawer, slim cupboard with cut-outs for bottles. Located opposite, fridge/freezer has high-level work-surface above■ Sink: Stainless-steel bowl under divided work-

surface lid, swivelling mixer tap, no drainer ■ Cooker: Thetford Triplex half-height stove with

hinged glass lid, three-burner hob, oven/grill, all with ignition

■ Fridge: Dometic three-way manual energy selection fridge/freezer. Capacity 160 litres

WASHROOMSolid wooden door with domestic-style handle, semi-integrated, semi-circular shower has translucent screen with fold-out section, contains chromed riser bar, shower head, hose, and accessories basket. Single drain in shower tray floor. Thetford C250 electric-flush swivel-bowl toilet with wheeled cassette. Deep oval plastic washbasin in vanity unit with tambour door, corner mirrored toiletries cabinet above, with three shelves. mirrors on side wall and door, three towel hooks

BEDS:Dinette single■ Length: 2.10m (6ft 10.5in)■ Width: 1.10m (3ft 7.5in) maxLounge transverse double■ Length: 2.10m (6ft 10.5in)■ Width: 1.98m (6ft 6in)Alternative singles■ Length: Offside: 1.94m (6ft 4.5in); nearside:

1.98m (6ft 6in)■ Width: 700mm (2ft 3.5in)

LIVE-IN TEST DATA ADRIA CORAL S 670 SU

LIFE SUPPORT■ Fresh water: Inboard, capacity 110 litres

(24.2 gallons)■ Waste water: Underslung, heated,

capacity 85 litres (18.7 gallons)■ Space and water heater: Truma Combi

boiler with blown-air, gas-mains operation■ Leisure battery: 100 amp hr■ Gas: 2 x 11kg cylinders■ Lighting: All LED. Mood strips above high-

level lockers. Dinette: 4 ceiling spots, 2 under high-level locker above table. 3 lamps in ceiling-mounted plate between washroom and wardrobe (white or blue light). Lounge: 3 lamps in ceiling-mounted plate (white or blue light), 4 swivelling lights under high-level lockers. Kitchen: 2 lamps in extractor fan base above kitchen unit. Washroom: 3 ceiling-mounted lamps. Auto-light in wardrobe, exterior awning light, illuminated Adria badge in entrance step, illumination for grab handle in entrance

■ Sockets: 230V: 4 (above dinette, in kitchen above drawers, above surface over fridge, in rear lounge). 12V: 1 (with aerial socket for TV)

■ Control panel: Mounted above entrance door with water level gauge and tank heater switch, 12V and mains indicators, readouts for vehicle and leisure battery levels

■ Blinds/Curtains: Blinds to cab, pleated blind in dinette, roller blinds in rear lounge and kitchen, flyscreens to all caravan windows (including door), curtains to lounge windows

■ Badged as NCC EN1646 compliant: Yes

OPTIONAL EXTRAS■ Fitted to test vehicle: Lux Pack – Truma

6E heater, cab air-conditioning, passenger airbag, cruise control, Seitz entrance door (£2,890), alloy wheels (£907), reversing camera and Waeco Magisafe alarm (£790), leisure battery (£216), bedding set (£190)

■ Other options available: 3,650kg chassis upgrade (£190), 180bhp engine upgrade (£3,000), spare wheel and holder (£312), TV bracket (£149), corner steadies (£190), metallic paint (£1,290), overcab skylight (£990)