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quoteIt might look like a standard van conversion floorplan for a standard length Fiat-based conversion, but you might want to look again at that price. It’s seriously competitive. Just as importantly, weigh up the advantages of the sleeping arrangements.
Setting a different standard
It’s only some £500 more than the standard Expedition 67 campervan and comes on the same 6m-long Fiat Ducato base. But the Flex name refers to the rear bedding and seating area, where a drop-down bed is over twin inward-facing settees.
So, you get all the benefits of a van conversion with this as its main lounge – including twin rear doors that really do let the countryside come to you. Plus a proper double bed!
And it’s a four-berth. There’s also a front seating area, made from swivelling the cab seats to face the double rear travel seat, and there’s a side fixing table with an extending section that means four campers can sit around it for mealtimes.
We take a look around the 2024 Auto-Trail Expedition 67 Flex campervan:
Both beds are 1.86m long, with the drop-down double, at 1.28m, some 6cm narrower than the lower double derived from the settees. Slatted bases help provide support as well as ventilation.
The sliding door is on the UK nearside, of course, opening up to reveal the kitchen area – featuring a two gas rings and sink combination that’s typical for this style of motorhome. There’s also a combined grill and oven. A flip-up worktop extends over the sliding door aperture and there’s a single mains socket near to hand.
Storage includes a single high-level locker, as well as lower-level cutlery drawers and lockers, while the unit to the immediate left of the kitchen houses a Thetford compressor fridge plus a wardrobe in its upper half.
The washroom inside the Auto-Trail Expedition 67 Flex campervan includes a swivel-bowl toilet and a space-friendly flip-down handbasin. There’s even an opaque window in the example here (it’s a useful option to consider), the kind of features you often don’t get inside more upmarket van conversion models.
You can wash in here, too, courtesy of a trigger-operated shower with a single high-level fixing. A mirror over the basin provides the main storage locker, complemented by some open shelving under the basin.
Cost savings include just the one side window in the rear lounge and there’s no overcab sunroof/window. And there’s just the one exterior colour choice for 2024 – the light grey you can see here.
Heating and hot water are from Whale, one of the key benefits here being the main units are fitted to the underside of the vehicle, freeing up valuable internal storage space. And the fresh and waste water tanks are 70-litres apiece.
It’s not all completely pared back, however. Locker doors have a two-tone finish that complements the two-fabric seating design.
All the side and rear windows can be opened for ventilation, as well as coming with concertina blinds and flyscreens. There’s also a Midi-Heki over the lounge.
As standard, the Auto-Trail Expedition 67 Flex campervan gets the 140bhp engine with six-speed manual transmission. But Auto-Trail offers upgrade options in terms of the more powerful 180bhp motor and nine-speed automatic. Alloy wheels are also among the base vehicle options available.
In an otherwise standard cab, the Xzent infotainment unit is another option with Apple CarPlay/ Android Auto. Cab air conditioning is standard, however.
Despite an absolute plethora of Fiat-based van conversions on the market right now, it seems Auto-Trail has found a niche with its 6m-long, four-berth Expedition 67 Flex, with the keenest of prices. It could just be exactly the right motorhome for you. And your family.
Photo courtesy of Auto-Trail
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Verdict: Excellent value for money… and it’s a four-berth!
Plus: Proven floorplan with the rear bed an added bonus, five-year conversion and bodywork warranty
Minus: Options will hike the price up
In-a-nutshell: Auto-Trail Flex’s its muscles
Alternatives: Benivan 144, Elddis Autoquest CV20, Swift Carrera 122 (all two-berth only), Roller Team Livingstone 6
Auto-Trail Expedition 67 Flex factfile
| Model | Auto-Trail Expedition 67 Flex |
| Base vehicle | Fiat Ducato, 2.2-litre, 140bhp, Euro 6d |
| Dimensions | 5.99m L x 2.27m W x 2.68m H |
| Berths | Four |
| Travel seats | Four |
| Maximum weight | 3,500kg |
| Payload | From 570kg |
| MPG estimate | 28-34 |
| RRP | From £53,378 on the road |
| Safety & security | Electronic immobiliser, ABS with EBD, remote central locking to all doors, twin airbags, European Whole Vehicle Type Approval, fire extinguisher, smoke and CO alarms, steel spare wheel |
| Key options | 180bhp engine with automatic transmission (£2,820), 16in alloy wheels (£695), second leisure battery (£250), cab blinds (£620), concertina cab blinds (£680), washroom window (£350), Double-DIN infotainment system with Apple CarPlay (£395), removable floor carpets (£295) |
where can i buy an automatic version?
No clear explanation of how the bed works.
Agree, CV20 excellent value for money
£10K more than a CV20, with no lockers in the rear because of the drop down bed. No room for 4 to fit comfortably anyway. I will stick to my Elddis I have on order.