Arundel 22'6

The Arundel is a 22ft 6in tandem-axle van entered through a rear door. It suits a couple who want the widest living area Highclere builds, at the back of the van.

Tare is 2,624kg and Highclere quotes ATM at 3.5 to 3.7 tonnes, a range that spans the three build tiers. Ball weight is 250kg. Ask your dealer which tier a quoted weight or price describes.

The front island queen carries a 6ft 2in pillow top inner spring mattress. Inside, a rear club lounge sits behind a walk-through kitchen, ahead of the front island queen. A full-height fibreglass shower, cassette toilet and 3.5kg top-loading washer sit in the rear ensuite.

Dynasty fits a gas and electric mini grill oven with a pot drawer. Carnarvon and Grand Explorer XT both fit a full oven instead. Every tier runs reverse cycle air conditioning. The fridge holds 188 litres on the first two tiers, growing to 224 litres only on Grand Explorer XT.

Dynasty runs one 100Ah AGM battery and 210W of solar. Carnarvon steps up to two 120Ah AGM batteries, 420W of solar and BMPro monitoring. Grand Explorer XT switches to lithium: two 150Ah cells, 630W of solar and a Victron 3000W inverter.

Two 95 litre fresh tanks come standard. Carnarvon adds a separate 100 litre grey tank. Hot water runs on gas and electric.

Highclere builds the chassis from Australian Supagal steel on a 6 inch main frame. Dynasty runs semi off-road suspension; Carnarvon steps up to full off-road. Grand Explorer XT adds its own truss chassis and air bag suspension for tandem axles. Dynasty uses ribbed aluminium sides under a one-piece fibre roof. Carnarvon and Grand Explorer XT both move to composite aluminium sides and a composite roof.

Highclere backs the whole Arundel with a 5 year warranty, at any tier. Highclere builds the Arundel in Epping, Victoria and sells it through one dealer per state. Your state dealer quotes the price, and Epping takes Northern Territory enquiries direct.