The back of the van is equipped with a full rear bar( complete with its own nudge bar) that includes storage space – along with a central door for easy access to the gear in the middle – as well as footholds to help you climb the service ladder to the roof of the van. Nice. Here, you’ ll also find a couple of MaxTraxx mounted to the rear wall as well as a reversing camera. All of this gear, by the way, is standard.
Speaking of standard gear, it must be pointed out that a full annexe is included in the asking price, to go with the included roll-out awning. The value offered by this van is real. With rated recovery points, LED work lights front and rear, storage space to suit a portable fridge( which includes a power hook-up) and quite a lot more, the MDC XT19 RD MK4 outclasses many of its contemporaries from both a price and features perspective.
A quick word on weights: the van I looked at had a Tare of 3049kg with an ATM of 3500kg and an unladen ball weight of 256kg( 350kg maximum). Clearly, it’ s not a lightweight van – it will require a 3500kg-rated tow vehicle at a minimum that can accept at least 350kg on the towbar.
SUMMING UP
If I was in the market right now, MDC would have earned its spot on my list. With offerings such as this XT19 RD, complete with the most sophisticated 48V system available for caravans right now as standard and not as an optional extra, not to mention the quality fitout, it would take a particularly anti-Chinese manufacturing perspective to disregard what it had to offer.
When it comes to offroad, off-grid caravanning, we are ever in the hunt for more power, more convenience and more value. I think that on each of these three scores, the MDC XT19 RD MK4 delivers.
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