→ Price From £59,995 → Sleeps 2 (4 with optional pop-up roof) → Belts Up to 6 → Base vehicle Peugeot Boxer → Engine (as tested) 2.2-litre 140bhp turbodiesel → Length/width/height 5.41/2.51/2.52m (17’7”/8’2”/8’3”) → MTPLM 3500kg → Payload 929kg → Water (fresh/waste) 23/23 litres → Leisure battery 100Ah lithium (in Touring model) → Gas Not fitted
Contact Ventura Campervans Address Heathfield Industrial Estate, Old Newton Road, Newton Abbot TQ12 6RF Tel 01626 244 097 Web venturacampers.co.uk
Ventura is an offshoot of GM Coachworks, a Devon-based company that has racked up 35 years’ experience of converting Ford, Renault, Peugeot, VW and Iveco vehicles, much of it for the mobility market.
A few years ago, it moved into campervan conversions, and came up with the Ventura VR200.
That model won the Best Budget Motorhome category in our 2019 Motorhome of the Year Awards, because at the time it was possible to buy one for under £30,000. Even today, after Covid and multiple price rises, the VR200 starts at £48,995.
But now Ventura has come up with a new model, the VR400, which is based on the Peugeot Boxer, like the VR200. However, it takes things a stage further by being totally gas-free, as well as having a bed on sliding rails to provide additional storage. Plus, all of the cabinet edges are now banded.
The new vehicle comes in three spec levels:
