Airstream launched the unique Mercedes Sprinter 170-based Atlas Class B+ small motorhome again in 2017. It is now cut up the mannequin right into a small lineup, launching another flooring plan known as the 25RT. The brand new mannequin sizes down from the expandable Atlas mould, providing a streamlined flooring plan with none slide-outs. And as a way to make it as comfy as potential for a pair of adventurous highway vacationers, Airstream reorganizes the ground plan to create an eat-in kitchen and full two-room dry bathtub.
A step up from a fundamental camper van, the Atlas collection encompasses a bigger aluminum-framed Airstream physique atop a Sprinter 170 dually chassis. Whereas the 297-in-long (754-cm) automobile is noticeably bigger and bulkier than a Sprinter van, Airstream does a pleasant job streamlining the bodywork right into a glossy, seamless automotive design that gives extra residing house than any manufacturing unit van may aspire to.
With the RT – Rear Twin – flooring plan, Airstream makes use of that house in a really completely different approach from the unique Atlas, now known as the Atlas 25MS (Murphy Suite). The rear twin beds are fairly self explanatory, nevertheless it’s the opposite finish of the ground plan that basically distinguishes the 25RT from different camper vans and Class B+ RVs. With none pretense of providing house for greater than two individuals, Airstream pulls the entrance eating lounge and kitchen collectively in a approach we won’t recall seeing earlier than.
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Airstream pushes the kitchen space approach up and combines it right into a shared house with the widespread entrance dinette. The kitchen is to this point ahead, solely a single bench seat separates it from the driving force’s seat. That bench seat combines into the two-person dinette with the swivel cockpit seats and detachable adjustable-position desk.
In a manufacturing unit van, this structure would really feel fairly claustrophobic, however in Airstream’s wider motorhome module, it seems to supply sufficient flooring aisle house to prepare dinner comfortably. Airstream additional opens up the kitchen space by utilizing a conveyable induction cooktop that stows away to go away a clear counter floor when not in use. It additionally strikes chilly storage throughout the aisle within the type of the standing 188-L fridge/freezer built-in into the console. The microwave is situated above the kitchen counter on the identical peak because the overhead cupboards.
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The sink is pushed all the way in which again into the rear nook of the kitchen counter space, permitting the countertop to double as a form of aspect desk when consuming dinner or having fun with cocktails. On this approach, the built-in dinette/galley can improve the expertise, preserving meals inside attain with out overloading the eating desk itself. There’s additionally a separate countertop throughout the way in which, good for serving as an extension of the kitchen work house throughout meals or as a standard entryway console desk for keys, flashlights and different frequent-use objects.
By organizing the kitchen on this explicit approach, Airstream frees up sufficient house amidships for a dry lavatory with separate bathe and bathroom rooms separated by the middle aisle. The bathroom room is situated straight behind the L-shaped kitchen counter and likewise homes the sink. The devoted bathe is throughout the way in which, simply behind the fridge, offering a roomy discrete house through which to bathe than a moist bathtub or single-room dry bathtub.
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The rear bed room continues the higher flooring plan’s left/proper cut up with a pair of 76 x 33-in (193 x 84-cm) single beds. The bed room house additionally features a central evening stand with shelf, wraparound overhead cabinetry and ambient lighting, and a 24-in sensible TV on swivel mount.
The nightstand that runs beneath the heads of the 2 beds stands atop the full-width pass-through storage tunnel that runs transversely via the bed room room. This gear cupboard supplies a great deal of house for storing coolers, fishing rods, folding chairs, golf golf equipment and extra. The raised longitudinal mattress frames then home storage cupboards of their very own beneath the mattresses.
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The Atlas 25RT additionally comes prepackaged with a 15,000-BTU air con system, diesel hydronic air and water heating, a 6.9-kWh lithium leisure battery (upgradable to 17.2 kWh), a 3,000-W sine inverter, and a Multiplex command touchscreen. It is additional geared up with a TV antenna and is prewiring for each cable and satellite tv for pc. A Starlink Roam satellite tv for pc dish is obtainable as an possibility, as is a 400-W rooftop photo voltaic system.
The Atlas 25RT conjures up occupants to get out from behind the RV partitions with an influence awning with LED lighting and auto retract and a folding desk and chair set. It additionally contains customized vinyl mats, a sizzling/chilly out of doors bathe and exterior 110-V/HDMI and coax retailers.
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Airstream launched the Atlas 25RT on the 2026 Florida RV Supershow in January. The brand new RV is obtainable now for a beginning value of US$289,900 with a 209-hp 2.0-liter turbo-diesel engine. Whereas that definitely is not an inexpensive method to go for a two-person motorhome, it’s a nicely cheaper possibility than the four-berth slide-out Murphy mattress Atlas 25MS, which begins at $334,900. So the Atlas collection has technically gotten extra inexpensive, even when it does not really feel prefer it.
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