Swift Challenger Sport and Sterling Eccles Sport relaunched for 2013

by Chris Jefferies
Swift Group has relaunched its mid-range Swift Challenger Sport and Sterling Eccles Sport collections for 2013, offering more practical features to make for a comfortable caravan holiday.
The Challenger Sport was one of the biggest success stories of 2011, scooping Best Newcomer and the much-coveted Caravan of the Year award in our annual readers’ poll.
This is reflected in the sales; with the Challenger Sport and its sister range the Sterling Eccles Sport outselling their predecessors, the Swift Charisma and the Sterling Europa, by more than 40 per cent.
For 2013, Swift has made only minor adjustments to this winning formula. The Swift Challenger Sport 636 layout has been tweaked, reducing it from three bunks to two, and the compact two-berth Challenger Sport 382 has been dropped.
Due to public demand, the panoramic sunroof is now fitted as standard. There’s also a new Truma Dual Fuel combi boiler, with programmable timing for both the water heater and the space heater, while the fridge has been upgraded to the Thetford 113-litre model.
These upgrades are reflected in the prices, which now range from £15,495 for the Challenger Sport 442, to £18,799 for the Challenger Sport 636 – an increase of around 7% when compared with this time last year.
The nine new versions of the Swift Challenger Sport will all be on display at the 2012 NCC Motorhome and Caravan Show, which runs at the NEC Birmingham from 16 to 21 October.