What’s this layout?

Please help me identify the layout for the motorhome I want to buy! It is like that on the Roller Team 695. But I want the two sofas at the front to be inward facing, not a table with two forward-facing seats.

I think the Auto-Trail Imala 730 has the same layout but, when asking dealers, I don’t know how to describe it! Are there any other models with this layout?

Both models have an island at the rear. I will need automatic and an older model as funds are limited. I only need a two-berth. I don’t do a big mileage so can buy a highmileage model.

Valerie Clarke

ED The terms you are looking for include face-to-face lounge (the most popular European terminology) and parallel sofas (or twin sofas) with an island bed at the rear.

While this lounge format has been popular in British motorhomes for years, it has also recently been taken up by Europeans. So that does mean there will be plenty of options – Chausson’s 788 is a good continental example, as is the Rapido 696F, but may be beyond your budget.

Other ranges that offer this layout include Swift’s Escape, the Bailey Adamo, or the Imala and F-Line from Auto-Trail.

Also, you may need to be patient and keep looking carefully, as automatics are in demand on the used market and often sell very quickly.

What you could also do is find a model with the forward-facing bench and have a good workshop that is used to adaptations, change this into the lounge format you need.

That will open up even more options, especially important for lower budgets with the currently high motorhome prices, on both new and used ’vans.