ford or ducato
planning on buying a new motor home but do we go for the ford transit 2.0 ltr adblue or the ducato 2.3 ltr multijet. Then what about the bhp would a lower bhp be powerful enough when we are driving at near gross vehicle weight most of the time
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I honestly don't think it matters, it's the 'home' part that's most important.
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The Mercedes Sprinter from choice but, at the end of the day, the habitation unit is likely to dictate the base vehicle you end up with.
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Sprinter for us too. Excellent.
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It is expected that 2018 Ducatos will have ad-blue. That is likely to filter down into the motorhome market with late 2018 builds. However, I would check this out.
In a series of MMM articles on manufacturers, a number said that they use the Ducato for the premium motorhomes [excluding the big liners] and Ford for the more basic models.
Fiat Ducato is the mainstay of the motorhome market. It has its critics but unless you have had a personal bad experience of the vehicles or service, then I would stick to the tried and tested. I've had five and they've been OK.
The Ducato 130bhp is adequate for a 3500kg motorhome. Personally I am happy with my 130bhp but if I had a choice and the money, I'd go for a 'bigger engine'; it will make motoring that little bit easier. If you are not going to do many miles [ say less than 6,000 miles pa], I doubt the choice of base vehicle/engine will be that important.
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