2022-present AUTO-SLEEPER CUSTOM AIR

Each month we focus on a great secondhand mainstream motorhome. We then tell you which is the best of the bunch, what to pay and which problems to look out for

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This is no fairy tale... but once upon a time, all Auto-Sleeper motorcaravans were fitted with an elevating-roof. In addition, the company has converted Ford's Transit since the very early Mark Ones.

Thus, it's not true - as some people claim - that it is a radical departure for A-S to build a pop-top camper on a Ford. That said, they have pulled out all the stops on this one.

They've gone for a high-spec base with the 168bhp EcoBlue turbodiesel powering it along with consummate ease. A six-speed manual gearbox is standard, with automatic transmission available as a cost option.

The top-spec German SCA elevating-roof is well engineered, plus it is easy to raise and lower. It sits so well on the Custom that many are likely to think it's a standard 'tin-top'.

Auto-Sleepers has taken a (welcome) minimalist stance on adding graphics, preferring the standard-fit alloy wheels to up the eye candy quotient. There were so many driver-assist systems fitted, they had to be listed separately. After reading and digesting the list, many might conclude that it will drive itself... unfortunately not - though future incarnations might.