INNER GLOW
The Birdsville LX is the up-specced version of the Birdsville. Essentially, it gets as standard many of the features that are optional in the standard Birdsville, including a 2kW diesel heater, a 3000VA inverter( about 2400W), 300Ah of lithium batteries, an oven, a washer / dryer, leather upholstery, and a solar upgrade from 420W to 840W.
An old colleague of mine once described the Fiat Ducato as the‘ sports car of the motorhome world’. He might’ ve been onto something. The engine specs aren’ t wildly different from comparable commercial vans but the lines of the vehicle, the cab and the overall driving experience are very pleasant indeed.
The Birdsville is available in two formats: B7462SL and C7464SL. The crucial difference between the two is that our motorhome, the C7464SL, has a Luton peak, the fibreglass section above the driver’ s cab containing a second double bed, whereas the other version of the Birdsville does not. The layouts are the same, however, and both have an offside slide-out.
The slide-out is huge. It contains both the leather-upholstered dinette, which sits immediately behind the driver’ s cab, and the bedroom. Press a button and almost the entire offside wall will slide out to create a large and lovely living space. The rear seats of the cafe-style dinette are equipped with seatbelts( as well as two child restraints) too, making the Birdsville LX suitable for up to four passengers – two in the driver’ s cab and two in the dinette.
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