Malibu introduces a new layout concept

Carthago’s budget brand Malibu has introduced a new layout concept to its range of van conversions this season to add to the existing compact and compact formats.

The DB K on the road

The diversity format features a compressor fridge included in the combination kitchen unit by the sliding door. This is designed to provide both a greater feeling of spaciousness in the van and clear view for the driver from front to back.

It will initially be available as two models: the 6.0m-long 600 DB K with a transverse bed at the rear and two wardrobes underneath it; and the 6.36m-long 640 LE K with fixed single beds and a wardrobe under the bed on the offside that is accessible from above.

Inside the LE K

Both models will be available as a coupe with additional interior headroom, as a GT Skyview with a panoramic roof dome, and as a family-for-four model with Malibu’s own pop-up roof.

Inside the DB K

Malibu low-profiles and A-classes have been reduced in weight by 20kg this season. Anyone wanting to reduce weight by a further 20kg can opt for alloy wheels and a lithium battery. All 15 models now come in as with a standard MTPLM of 3500kg, making them suitable for anyone to drive.

This season they are also fitted as standard with a new 63cm wide XL door with an integrated flyscreen and the option of central locking.

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This is designed to provide both a greater feeling of spaciousness in the van and clear view for the driver from front to back.

PeterBaber

Peter Baber is Reviews Editor of both Practical Motorhome and Practical Caravan. He has been reviewing motorhomes for the best part of a decade now. His first caravan reviews date back to the early 1990s when he first worked on Practical Caravan, before he embarked on a 20-year career in business journalism which saw him edit a wide variety of magazines, and launch a few too, including one that won an award. Although he enjoyed that, he always knew he wanted to come back. Peter reports on all the new models that make it to dealer forecourts each season, giving his judgement online and in magazine reviews. He has twice been shortlisted for a Caravan Writers Guild award. When he is not working, apart from going on motorhome trips himself (mostly local to where he lives in West Yorkshire, but also last year right across France) he likes trying to write novels, cooking, throwing the odd pot, and has just taken up tennis.