2025 Auto-Trail Excel 620S motorhome

The latest addition to Auto-Trail’s Ford-based, narrow-bodied coachbuilt motorhome line-up is this, the 620S – a two-berth with a classic floorplan of twin settees, kitchen across the back and a washroom in the rear offside corner.

Keeping it close for two

It’s a motorhome layout that optimises daytime living space because it doesn’t rely on permanent beds that take up so much room. And, because it’s an out-and-out two-berth, there’s not the extra clutter of rear travel seating. In this video we take a look inside the 2025 Auto-Trail Excel 620S motorhome:

At 6.20m in overall length, it’s some 20cm too long to be called a compact coachbuilt motorhome. And yet, although body width has been kept to a driving-friendly 2.24m, there’s not really any sign of compromise to the interior.

Hence, you get a very roomy lounge thanks to those inward-facing settees and swivelling cab seats. A free-standing table adds to the flexibility – stowing in its own locker for safe travel.

As with any floorplan of this ilk, the main test is how easy it is to convert daytime seating to night-time beds.

Auto-Trail has made things particularly easy – providing infills for the swivelled cab seats if you want two single beds (both are 0.61m wide, with lengths of 1.96m and 2.27m, offside and nearside respectively); alternatively, it’s a straightforward task to pull both settee bases together for a transverse double that’s some 1.91m x 1.81m.

They do tend towards being firm – so mattress toppers could be a consideration.

Across the back of the Auto-Trail Excel 620S, the kitchen is home to a Thetford Triplex cooker (three gas burners, combined oven and grill) and an inset stainless steel sink with loose cover, plus a microwave oven. Storage includes a drawer under the sink, also with a slide-out cutlery tray.

And there’s a 142-litre fridge with freezer compartment and automatic energy selection.

Next to the kitchen, the washroom provides a separate shower cubicle with plastic wall linings and a single fixing point for the showerhead.

There’s still space for a swivel-bowl toilet and a fixed basin, plus an opening window. Storage has been well thought-out, too – there are upper- and lower-level lockers and a section of shelving.

In standard trim, there’s a good list of kit throughout the Auto-Trail Excel 620S motorhome –  fixing points for a bike rack, opening cab sunroof, large rooflight for the lounge, Whale heating and hot water systems, concertina blinds and flyscreens for the living quarters’ windows, reading lights with USB ports, right through to an umbrella in the habitation door.

There’s even a choice of five cab colours at no extra cost (it’s the Chrome Blue here).

You might want to stick with that highly attractive starting price, but there are plenty of opportunities to upgrade. The Lux and Driver’s Packs are the logical places to start – that’s electrically adjustable heated door mirrors, automatic headlamps, front fog lamps, body colour side mouldings, heated front windscreen with rain sensing wipers and low washer tank warning, Ford’s Trend instrument panel, colour coded front bumpers and cab air conditioning etc (Driver’s Pack); and 9.5in LCD touchscreen infotainment system (including DAB radio, motorhome specific satellite navigation, colour rear-view camera), external barbecue point, television aerial, solar panel, Omnivent, upgraded habitation door, and carpet sections (Lux).

Construction is the same as all other Auto-Trail motorhomes produced in its modern facilities near Grimsby. And the warranties of five years’ apiece for habitation and bodywork integrity are very reassuring.

Moreover, if you want a Ford-based two-berth motorhome with a narrow body and classic floorplan like this, your opportunities are rather limited. It seems Auto-Trail has this particular two-berth field to itself.

To find out more about insuring an Auto-Trail Xcel or your current motorhome visit our motorhome insurance discounts page.

Verdict: Attractively-priced modern take on a classic two-berth formula

Plus: Lots of options to upgrade, highly attractive starting price, impressive bed sizes

Minus: Lounge lacks a mains socket (ask your dealer about a remedy)

In-a-nutshell: One for the final list if you’re after a motorhome for two

Alternatives: Auto-Sleeper Nuevo EK Plus*, Elddis Autoquest 115** *Peugeot-based, not narrow-bodied **Peugeot-based