Coachman Caravans has announced that its new 2012 Pastiche 520/4 has passed the tough Al-Ko performance tests, following 100 laps of the 1,000km test track at the test centre in southern Germany.
Caravan manufacturers use the Al-Ko facility to put the latest models through their paces, as doing laps of its punishing simulation track is a sure-fire way of discovering how robust a new caravan is.
Mimicking some of the worst driving surfaces a caravanner is every likely to experience, the Al-Ko centre challenges all aspects of a caravan to a stringent performance test in order to make sure they are good enough for the market.
Following the test Coachman has revealed that the new Pastiche breezed through the tests, with all elements of the caravan withstanding whatever was thrown at it.
“Had we found anything wrong with the van, we would have gone back to the drawing board, and made sure it was up to our industry-leading standard,” said Paul Gallagher, technical director of Coachman Caravans.
“As it was, the Pastiche we tested performed fantastically, so customers can be confident that all our new shape vans are durable and built to last.”
So successful was the test, that Coachman was even able to tow the caravan back to the UK without any problems.
