Registered 03/07/2017

There are plenty of advantages of going smaller. Not necessarily to a van conversion or a campervan, but a six-metre coachbuilt. On some ferries you’ll sneak into the lowest rate, while parking – at home on your drive and, certainly, in town and in car parks – will be so much easier.

Less length also means less weight, so this little Pilote boasts a whopping 840kg payload in Essentiel spec – and that’s on a 3,500kg chassis that anyone can drive (with a license)

The P600P is, in fact, the smallest Pacific low-profile model in the French firm’s line-up, the P600 is powered by a 130bhp engine as standard, with upgrades optional.

The French bed, which is the key to this layout, measures an impressive 2.00m by 1.40m and has less cut-off towards the foot (the bane of the French bed design) than many in much longer ’vans. The headboard and lack of a rear window should make sitting up in bed more comfortable, here, too. A privacy screen for the bed is fitted and the Bultex foam mattress sits on a slatted frame. A comfortable memory foam mattress is an option, as is an infill to make a single bed from the front lounge.

Alongside the fixed mattress, in usual French bed style, is the washroom. This comes complete with a proper separate shower and the superior Domestic cassette toilet.

Whilst the galley area isn’t large, it does include a small oven and a good selection of drawers, sink etc and everything you need.

Alongside is a tall ‘n’ slim 138-litre fridge/freezer with automatic energy selection – there’s many a larger motorhome that can’t match such capacity.

Up front, the half-dinette lounge comes with swivel captain’s style cab seats, an overcab skylight and a TV mounting that’s adjustable for height.

A redesigned interior to the luton area for the 2017 season provides an overcab shelf surrounded by a one-piece moulding. This is claimed to reduce noise on the road and hide any fixings. The cab area is also better integrated into the living area on this season’s Pilote low-profiles.

All Pilote coachbuilts have Isotek body construction with Styrofoam insulation, flush-fitting windows, proper chassis extensions, an anti-hail roof, aluminium side skirts and a polyester skin underneath to protect from road debris damage.

ABS,ESP,LED Day running lights, Driver and passenger airbags , Cab blinds , Cab A/C , swivelling cab seats , Central lock cab doors with electric windows, Electrically operates Auto-Defrost wing mirrors wide angle wing mirrors, Alloy wheels , Silver cab , Electric entrance step.

GPR sides , 120w solar panel and 7″ Radio with reverse camera , DAB.