Globecar Campscout Elegance
The longest of the new Elegance models, with rear single beds
New look for this popular brand
ELEGANCE is a new range for 2021, featuring carbon-effect graphics outside and furniture with duo-tone locker doors on the inside. There are flush-framed double-glazed windows, too, and LED lighting that includes overhead mood lighting, a backlit wall panel in the lounge and indirect illumination at floor and roof level. Perhaps the biggest change, though, is the Open Cab Roof Concept that allows a full-height walk-through into the cab.
The first thing you notice is the extra spaciousness afforded to the lounge, where a soft-feel trim panel surrounds the Heki rooflight and sweeps into the cab ceiling. There are small, open-fronted lockers in the sides of the overcab and these segue into the handleless top cupboards. The tweed-style fabric looks classy, too.
The half-dinette might look like any other, but the rear seat has an improved backrest shape. There’s a rotating LED strip light over the table, as well as a 12V socket and USBs, while the sliding door has a soft-close mechanism and a flyscreen, and coat hooks are fitted just inside.
The kitchen is angled to give more floorspace by the lounge and storage here is in three extra-large drawers with push-to-open catches and central locking. There’s a loose cover for the sink and a folding panel at the forward end to provide preparation space. The compressor fridge boasts a 90-litre capacity and is mounted towards the rear, over a wardrobe with 790mm hanging height.
The fridge is, therefore, easy to access – except when the shower is in use. The washroom is the type that expands into the aisle by way of pull-around tambour doors that clip together magnetically. There’s a wooden cover for the shower tray, which sits in the middle of the ’van and boasts twin drain outlets, plus a smart corner basin with gloss black surround, an opening window and a trio of shelves (with fiddle rails to keep their contents in place). Space to use the shower or the loo is generous, but of course pulling those tambour doors around obstructs the central aisle (as well as the fridge).
Beyond, two steps make for easy access to the single beds (1.85m long offside, 1.90m nearside). There are opening windows on either side of the bedroom, as well as a small roof vent, and the beds fill the full width of the ’van for 1.29m of their length. Reading lights can be positioned at will on their rails and storage pockets are provided, but overhead cupboards prevent sitting up.
Beneath the beds is a boot area 1.15m wide, a minimum of 1.27m deep and 0.69m high. The 100-litre fresh water tank is built-in here on the offside, with the gas locker on the nearside (its door opening awkwardly into the load area). Of course, you can stow the beds to get bikes inside but note that the infills for the optional third berth, if specified, are bulky to store.
Like all Globecars, the Elegance has extra spec for the UK, including cab air-con, a passenger airbag, ESP, height-adjustable passenger seat and retrimmed cab chairs. The 140bhp Ducato Maxi base vehicle is included in the base spec, too. Add the UK Comfort Pack (£1,995) and you also get cruise control, Traction+, a leather steering wheel, gas/electric heating and wheeltrims.
530kg
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