Live and let live

Knaus has been resurgent of late, now with 10 dealers around the UK offering a range that stretches from BoxStar campervans to the Sun I tag-axle A-class at over £140k. Below the flagship, its line-up also includes Van I compact A-classes and the Live I (which it refers to as L!VE – grammatical nonsense that our sub-editor won’t allow here).

The Live (which is also available as a TI low-profile and a Wave low-profile with drop-down bed) sits right at the heart of the Knaus portfolio and, in A-class ‘I’ format, it comes in three lengths, from 6.97m to 8.59m. The trio of models all have fixed single beds over a garage (a Teutonic staple) and this seven-and-a-half-metre 700 MEG seems like the sensible choice.

The company describes its Live I as “the striking one” and it’s hard to disagree. It lacks little of the Sun I’s visual impact and, despite a typical A-class boxiness to the body, it has a pleasing modernity to it. The use of chrome on the grille and badging, along with 16in alloy wheels and twin-lens bus-style mirrors, belie the relatively affordable price tag (by 2022 standards) and there are impressive features such as the full LED headlamps, as well as the Knaus Cateye LED tail lights. In fact, only habitation windows that sit