Constructing on its Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Grand Canyon S camper van, Hymer has launched a particular version that higher helps the wants of work-from-anywhere roamers. The brand new van wraps nomads in heat, homey consolation trickled down from the incomparable Venture S motorhome and equips them with a sturdy 5G connectivity suite and sensible home-level management, seamlessly mixing the worlds of labor, play and simply plain on a regular basis residing.
The limited-edition Xperience bundle slides in between the bottom Grand Canyon S and the most recent rendition of the off-grid-ready Grand Canyon S Crossover. The signature function of the bundle is the 5G WLAN router and roof antenna that work to keep up sooner, extra dependable connectivity whereas out and about wandering the world. Hymer says it is the primary time it is included a 5G WLAN router as customary. Twin-SIM functionality lets van lifers put together for utilizing a number of suppliers when roaming round and out of doors Europe.
Complementing that enhanced connectivity bundle within the “Tech” part of the spec sheet, the Xperience additionally will get wired up for premium audio with 4 additional audio system and incorporates a 7-in sensible automobile command touchscreen with distant app management.
The sensible management bundle features a sensor equipment for correct monitoring of fuel stage, temperature and extra. Energy comes from an 80-Ah LFP leisure battery.
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One a part of this explicit “Xperience” that may by no means make any sense to us: Between the 2 inside decor choices of “Pearl Grey,” a lifelessly uniform grey felt bundle, and “Ivy Inexperienced,” a mixture of felt and useful wood-look wall panels impressed immediately by the design award-sweeping Enterprise S camper van+, Hymer selected to completely spotlight the grey and pearly in its media equipment.
We might often simply chalk that sort of alternative as much as “completely different strokes,” however the Pearl Grey feels as disconnected and dreary as digital noise on a TV display screen. The oak-tinted overhead cupboard doorways aren’t sufficient to reserve it. The juxtaposition of soft-touch and hard-paneled surfaces featured within the Ivy Inexperienced bundle, in the meantime, feels rather more inviting and is the kind of decor that has helped Hymer win a variety of awards, not just for the Enterprise S but in addition other products.
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Hymer does no less than shut the hole between the 2 fashion packages by embedding a monitor throughout the Pearl Grey felt partitions for hanging baskets, spice racks, paintings and the like, the identical approach it provides one between the “planks” of the wood-style trim. The Xperience would not supply the complete versatility of the multi-track partitions on the Enterprise S, however the single tracks embedded within the numerous partitions actually improve the homey potential of the inside.
One other homey contact that bridges the 2 decor packages and serves as one of many Xperience trim’s upgrades is the particular “multi-level” ambient lighting equipment. The system brings collectively hanging lights, position-adjustable wall-track lighting, direct overhead lighting and oblique temper lighting into a singular lighting setting. Customers can simply modify coloration and brightness and create/save individualized lighting configurations utilizing the Hymer Join app. A few of the particular person lighting are bought optionally.
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Whichever decor in the end speaks to the person purchaser, it’s going to adorn a basic Hymer rear mattress flooring plan that places a four-seat entrance dinette and moist lavatory on the driving force’s aspect and a kitchen block on the passenger’s aspect. The kitchen comes stocked with a dual-burner fuel range/mixer sink combo, 90-L compressor fridge/freezer and extendable worktop.
The raised rear mattress is positioned transversely with help from the additional house contained in the left and proper wall flares and provides a sleeping space of 195 x 135 cm (77 x 53 in). A sliding door beneath the entrance fringe of the mattress supplies inside entry into the storage, a pleasant function should you want one thing out of your baggage within the chilly night time hours and do not need to go away a comfortable inside warmed by the 6-kW diesel air heater.
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The Grand Canyon S Xperience seats 4 on the highway and at camp, however consumers who need to sleep 4 should add the non-obligatory pop-up sleeper roof with 200 x 122-cm (79 x 48-in) mattress.
Like the usual Grand Canyon S 600, the Xperience is constructed aboard the 593-cm (233-in) Sprinter RWD. It will get upgraded with a extra highly effective 168-hp 2.0-liter diesel engine and nine-speed automated transmission as customary. It additionally positive factors a ten.3-in touchscreen MBUX infotainment system, Distronic Plus adaptive cruise management with energetic distance help, fog lights with cornering, a leather-based multifunctional steering wheel, and 16-in alloy wheels for its all-season tires. The particular aesthetics bundle pairs Metallic Tenorite Grey paint with matching bumpers, a chrome grille, and particular sidewall and rear flare graphics.
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Hymer launched the Grand Canyon S Xperience at this month’s CMT Show and is now providing it at a base value of €109,500 (approx. US$114,000), a €20K premium over the common Grand Canyon S 600. Out there choices embody a 188-hp engine improve, the aforementioned pop-up sleeper roof, an electrical folding step for improved floor clearance, and electrical system growth with extra 80-Ah LFP batteries and photo voltaic charging.
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