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Mobilvetta K-Yacht Tekno Line MH-85 2017

Published: August 16, 2017

You can indulge in A-class luxury and style on a 3500kg chassis with this Mobilvetta K-Yacht Tekno Line MH-85 – but just how tempting is it?

Mobilvetta is one of a handful of motorhome brands (the others being Itineo , Rapido and Pilote , at least in Essentiel spec) that offers A-class ’vans at prices close to what ordinary folk can afford.

This Mobilvetta is a good £10k cheaper than Adria and Bürstner models with similar layouts, although they include Alde heating and a slightly higher specification.

But there are enough innovations inside Mobilvetta’s K-Yacht MH-85, including the underfloor heating and the clever kitchen, to make this a motorhome you can really grow into, even if there are one or two niggles – like the night-lights.

With Marquis Leisure’s input, you get a much more UK-friendly spec too, but you would be wise to opt for the free chassis upgrade, driving licence permitting, of course.

The kitchen has been cleverly thought out You can get a good amount in the rear garage, plus there are handy storage nets and a light/torch

Lots of lighting inside is great, but we felt it was a bit too much – especially when trying to turn them all off There’s so much storage space that it’s easy to overload the ’van!

Mobilvetta may sound and look Italian, and although it is Italian built, mamma mia , as with so much else in the motorhome industry these days, it is actually part of a much larger multi-national concern – in this case, the French-owned Trigano Group.

Despite such support, it had been largely absent from the UK market for most of the past decade, a result of the late-2000s financial crisis that saw the Italian motorhome market contract by as much as one fifth.

That was up until the start of the 2017 season, though, when the UK’s biggest motorhome and caravan dealer network, Marquis Leisure, keen to add an A-class brand to its portfolio, brought Mobilvetta back to British forecourts.

Don’t forget that Marquis is already enjoying no little success with Benimar , itself another Trigano brand.

So far, potential UK buyers have only seen three models from the brand’s K-Yacht Tekno Line , which, surprise surprise, has been designed to incorporate elements of nautical style.

Earlier this season, we tested the K-Yacht MH-80 , which carries an innovative rear-lounge layout.

Now we’re taking the K-Yacht MH-85 , with single beds in the back and a drop-down double bed over the dinette, for a spin through rural Northamptonshire and a thorough live-in test.

The cooking area is one of the best we have seen in recent times

A front dinette is usually going to be a space challenge in a motorhome with fixed beds.

Here in the Mobilvetta K-Yacht Tekno Line MH-85 it is less so, because the designers have found enough space to incorporate an L-shaped seat and a small side seat to the right of the habitation door.

But even if our team-mate did fall asleep on the move, these seats are really only moderately comfy when the motorhome is stationary. The main bench in particular seems very upright.

You would probably be more inclined, as we were, to use the swivelled cab seats if it is just the two of you. They would certainly give you a prime position for watching the TV if you were to install one on the bracket fitted to the left of the habitation door.

The table is fully adjustable, but we found it was always a little far out from the side seat, which, like the bench, is not super comfortable.

The seat is, however, a useful place for putting on any shoes you might keep in the nearby cubbyhole in the double floor.

The lounge is adequately heated with one vent to the side and another by the door. There is one mains socket in this area, which is a bit of a squeeze to get to as it is under the L-shaped seat, but the sockets in the kitchen are nearby.

A rooflight keeps this area bright and airy, even taking the drop-down bed into account, and alongside those LED striplights there are plenty of LED spotlights, including four in a row by the drop-down bed’s curtain, plus two by the door that come on automatically as you enter the motorhome.

The drop-down bed has speakers in its base, too.

The cooking area in the Mobilvetta K-Yacht Tekno Line MH-85 is one of the best we have seen in recent times.  There is only a three-burner hob, but it is cleverly tucked into the corner, and there is a large sink with a cover that alternates as a chopping board and fits into a slot on a rail that runs along the top of the partition by the sink.

That’s a useful idea, although we would be tempted to swap the board’s position with the paper towel holder that also sits on this rail so that the board is directly over the bin behind the sink, and all food waste can simply be scraped off and dropped in.

The whole work surface is well lit, with a 12V and mains socket next to the light switch, and there’s even an extractor fan.

There’s another potential resting place for the chopping board on top of the cutlery tray under the worktop. Here, it can form an extension flap.

Two large drawers and an ingenious shelving system that telescopes out next to them means that there is plenty of room for even quite large pans and utensils.

Up above, the two overhead lockers are also large.

Having so much space to hand makes you wonder why the designers bothered with the tiny apothecary shelf across the aisle.

Next to it is a three-way 150-litre Thetford fridge, and a SMEV oven and grill above that – it will be a little high for some, though.

The washroom is split across the middle of this Mobilvetta motorhome.

A stylish-looking stainless-steel basin with a soap dispenser and mug embedded into the worktop around it, and two differently angled mirrors behind it, takes up one side, along with a swivel toilet with toilet roll holder and brush.

There’s also one overhead locker and a cupboard under the basin that is partly obscured by a thin towel rail.

This area, which is partitioned off by a tambour door, also has a window and a roof vent with a fan.

Strangely, you won’t find the latter in the shower cubicle across the aisle, which also only has one drain hole – a sign, perhaps, that this is an affordable A-class.

But the shower head itself looks ultra-modern, and there are solid metal shelves for stowing all your lotions and potions.

The whole washroom area can be partitioned off from the front lounge and kitchen by means of an elegant Japanese-style door.

The comfortable fixed beds at the rear are reached by steps – each measures 2.03 x 0.83m (6’8″ x 2’9″).

The beds are reasonably high, which means you don’t have a huge amount of headroom. But as the mattresses themselves can be raised at the pillow end, support is available for sitting up in bed.

Sleepers get spotlights for reading, while in the middle between the two beds is a very large wooden shelf that could easily serve as a resting place for books.

If you would rather cuddle up for the night, you can pull out an extension over the steps and insert a couple of infills to create a double bed.

The 1.88 x 1.33m (6’2″ x 4’4″) drop-down double bed over the cab was a little more complicated to position than we had expected.

The folded cab seats need to rest an inch or so before their forward-most position, not right at the end. Trying to work this out inevitably involved accidentally sounding the horn, so you might need to be careful if you are putting this bed down late at night.

Once it is deployed, though, you get a bed that is an accessible height, and comes with spotlights and a rooflight.

You’re certainly not short of space for clothes in the MH-85.

Along with six overhead lockers in the bedroom, there are two huge wardrobes under the bed, one with a hanging rail and the other with two large shelves.

There are also clever sock shelves in the curve of the wardrobe doors, while two of the steps open up for storage.

The designers have made use of the double floor – not just externally with those two lockers, but also internally with cubbyholes along the centre of the ’van. The one by the fridge is cleverly sub-divided to take large drinks bottles – molto buono!

The excellent garage, meanwhile, has two doors, a light you can remove to use as a torch, and netted storage across the back. It is big enough to take bikes upright.

The only trouble is the modest user payload of 342kg – fill up all the available storage spaces and you’ll end up being overweight.

Buyers with C1 entitlement on their driving licences can get around this by opting for a chassis upgrade to 3650kg, which is free of charge.

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2019 Mobilvetta K-Yacht Tekno Line 80 motorhome

Published in Caravan Guard News , Motorhome Reviews on 12/04/2019   - 1 Comment

Upping the Italian ante!

  An Italian lesson? There’s an interesting take on a much favoured British end lounge floorplan here, packed up with bags of flair and a specification that wants for nothing. Indeed, the only factory-fitted extra available is automatic transmission – unless you count altering the maximum weight limit. But, more of that later.

For now, feel free to marvel at this, one of three K-Yacht A-class motorhome models bearing the Tekno Line descriptor (hence the high kit count). It’s based on Fiat’s Ducato chassis-cowl, with 2.3-litre, 150bhp engine.

On this, the timber-free, GRP-clad bodywork is added at a motorhome manufacturing facility in deepest Italy that is dedicated to making A-class motorhomes.

There’s also instant proof of how seriously Mobilvetta is taking the UK market. That body has the habitation and cab doors (and hence much of the interior) switched to the correct sides for UK use.

Other features such as the 16in alloy wheels and coach-style mirrors (electrically operated and heated) point towards the premium nature of this product.

Step inside and it’s eyes right towards that end lounge. The “eco leather” . seating is actually L-shaped, with a low-level furniture unit stretching along the nearside that’s home to, among other things, a slide-up holder for a TV screen.

The pedestal leg table has electric height operation, as well as manual fore and aft adjustment.

Overhead, meanwhile, there’s an electrically-operated double bed that can glide down to any level when you’re ready for sleep. Dimensions of 2.10m x 1.40m are on the generous side here, but there’s also a second, more conventional A-class pull-down double (1.90m x 1.35m) at the front.

There’s more seating at the front, too, thanks to a conventional continental set-up of L-shaped settee-cum-double travel seat behind the driver. Plus swivel cab seats and a single inward-facing seat. Again, this seating is around a fixed pedestal leg table.

Mid-‘van, then, is taken by the kitchen (nearside) and washroom (offside). The former has a hob comprising two gas rings and an induction area. Alongside, there’s a deep, inset circular sink with loose cover that doubles as an extra kitchen shelf when slotted into fixings above the sink.

It almost seems as if the fridge and wardrobe are in the wrong places. The 150-litre fridge/freezer, along with a combined oven and grill, is diagonally across the corridor from the kitchen, while the wardrobe is next door to the main cooking and food preparation area. It’s just a thought…

Directly opposite the kitchen, the washroom is home to the usual trio of shower cubicle, swivel-bowl toilet and (countertop, in this case) basin. There’s a translucent window behind the toilet, and a good array of storage (open shelving, low- and high-level lockers) and again, lots of details: soap dispenser, towel rail, toothbrush mug, shower duckboard.

Underfloor heating is somewhere near the top of a long list of kit, all standard, that comes with each Tekno Line K-Yacht. It works independently of the Truma Combi 6 that supplies hot water and conventional blown air heating.

All manner of other features and style touches are here, too. Extensive LED lighting. The high-gloss finish to much of the furniture. Lots of chrome detailing. A 130Watt solar panel. External sockets (gas, mains electric and shower). Automatic cab air conditioning. USB sockets. The list goes on.

A rear-view camera is part of the Zenec stereo system with DAB and satnav, and will lead to a motorhome insurance discount .

Only standard sprung cassette blinds and flyscreens to the main windows is the sole surprise.

OK, so there’s not going to be much you’re going to want to add to your Mobilvetta. That’s just as well. Do ask about the chassis upgrade options, though. If your driving licence allows, the free-of-charge 3,650kg rebadge ups the payload to a more respectable 490kg.

Verdict : High-spec’, well-priced A-class with presence

Plus : Oodles of equipment, stylish looks inside and out, well priced

Minus : Low payload on standard chassis rating

In-a-nutshell : What’s Yacht to like?

There’s more information on the K-Yacht range on the Mobilvetta website . Find out more about insuring this or your current motorhome on our motorhome insurance discounts page.

Alternatives : Bürstner Ixeo I 744, Carthago Liner-for-two I 53, Roller Team Pegaso 745

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* Motorhome insurance cost based on K-Yacht Tekno Line 80 motorhome retailing at £75,891 with electronic immobiliser and approved tracking device . UK travel only. Kept on driveway at home at TD9 8ED. Motorhome owners – professionals over 50 years old with no claims, convictions or health conditions in last 3 years. Four years no claims bonus mirrored from car policy and two years motorhome driving experience. Members of motorhome club doing less than 5000 miles annually. £350 excess applies. Premiums include insurance premium tax at 12% and are correct at 02.04.19.

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Just be wary, Marquis do not carry spare parts so everything has to come form Italy and takes many weeks.

Also body panel parts are outrageously expensive and have gone up 58% this year!

I would be unlikely to buy another at such costs.

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