Swift Challenger 530 2016

What you get with the 530 model is a floorplan that hasn’t just stood the test of time, it can class itself up there at legendary status.

It’s a layout that has spanned decades, yet continues to triumph because its front lounge, offside dinette, nearside kitchen, full-width end washroom configuration makes such good use of the space available. You can put its popularity down to its flexibility – appealing to couples (who are happy to use the dinette for mealtimes) as well as families with one or two (grand)children who like the bunk beds that can be created – in time-honoured fashion – from that dinette seating.

Whilst the kitchen doesn’t dominate the interior, it certainly does offer plenty for the caravan chef to get his/her teeth into. Thetford’s Aspire 2 cooker is set left, with a circular (granite-style) sink to the right of the dual-fuel hob. That still leaves oodles of worktop space, whilst under the counter there’s a 106-litre Dometic fridge (an 8-series model, with removable freezer if you want to use it all as a larder) surrounded by storage – with a drawer and locker to its left, two larger drawers and locker to the right; not forgetting, also, the three large overhead lockers and flush-fitted microwave oven.

Despite the presence of a generous wardrobe, it’s a spacious washroom, with its swivel-bowl toilet, fixed  basin in the centre and a shower cubicle – which includes an upmarket Ecocamel Orbit showerhead, pull-down hanging rail and twin plugholes – taking all of the nearside corner.