Toyota Proce Verso with the Escape Box module.Clever camper

Toyota Proce with Escape Vans does not lose its usability, and is perfect for expeditions to the unknown.All thanks to the thoughtful Escape Box camping module.

The variety of expedition cars is huge.The smallest offer the absolute minimum - curtains for windows and a mattress, which is distributed on folded armchairs and frame in the trunk, which is enough to spend the night in a charming place, and the next day to move again towards the adventure.The largest go all the way and outside the sleeping places for four people have a kitchen with a fridge, a sink and kitchen, and even an integrated toilet with a shower cabin.

Halfway, there are medium -sized motorists.The icon in this segment is Volkswagen California with which Mercedes Marco Polo has been competing for years.Both vehicles have many undeniable advantages, but they also have disadvantages - they are expensive, and permanently mounted tourist buildings limit their functionality, because it takes space, which hinders the transport of a load or a set of passengers.

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The golden mean is vans with camping modules.Fashion for them is just reached to Poland.Such cars are already very popular, e.g..in rentals in Iceland.The recipe for such a vehicle is simple - to the cargo or passenger space of the van, from which the third row of seats was removed, the installed buildings are inserted.The manufacturer ensures that with its assembly two people will deal with it within 15 minutes - just slide the module through the rear door, screw it on four screws and possibly additionally protecting with luggage fastening straps.

TOYOTA PROCE VERSO 2.0 D-4D: Camping buildings

The module developed by the Gdańsk company Escape Vans contains a sleeping platform, under which drawers are located, allowing you to hide pots or other items needed while traveling.The larger cabinets are placed the Dometic CF 26 fridge (it can also act as a freezer) and fed with easily accessible cartouches 400 ml stove with two burners.The module also includes a USB socket and a water connection that can act as a shower (only with cold water) or a tap for washing dishes-the water is stored in a 23-liter tank with a circle that facilitates its movement.Instead of a metal sink, we have its folding silicone equivalent.The space was tried to fully use, so the countertop plays the role of chopping board, in which two knives found the handles.

The current for supplying these devices is derived from the car battery, but at campsites you can connect an escape box to the electrical network so that the use of a fridge, water pump or charger does not drain the source of the vehicle current.From the passenger cabin, the camping module has a retractable platform for a solid plate on which the front part of the mattress is laid - after dismantling it becomes the front wall of the camping module.Such a clever solution makes Toyota Proace to travel four people without having to disassemble the expedition building.

The system proposed by Escape Vans is a compromise.The large functionality of the module has been paid for with its significant height, which means that the mattress is located at a distance of ok.55 cm from the ceiling (the tested proace was equipped with a panoramic roof and additional air vents in the headliner).So you need to go to the sleeping space on all fours, and in the morning remember that too sweeping out of bed can end up with a headbird in the ceiling.Optimal sleep conditions ensure the curtains mounted on the shape of all windows (including the front) mounted on the suction cups - they are made of thick material, which not only does not pass light, but also limits noise in the cabin.The tested car was equipped with a glass roof.By putting your head in the direction of driving, you can actually realize your dreams of accommodation under the starry sky.

The 1.8 m long mattress and 1.4 m wide due to the widening pillows mounted on the sides makes almost everyone able to sleep comfortably on it.Importantly, it is thick and made of elastic foam, and was evenly supported along the entire length - in the front through the retractable platform, and on the sides by several centimeters, also retractable supports.All mattress covers have locks so that they can be removed and washed if necessary.

The advantage of the Escape Vans module is its regular shapes.Since the loading spaces of many personality and cars have similar dimensions, there is a high probability that after selling the vehicle the module can be inserted into the next car.

TOYOTA PROCE VERSO 2.0 D-4D: Engine and gearbox

A very strong element of the Toyota campsite is the drive syndrome.Two -liter diesel develops 177 hp and 400 Nm, which is enough for an unloaded proace to accelerate to 100 km/h in 8.8 s.However, flexibility is the most impressive - the engine gets hard to work below 2000 rpm./min, so accelerating on the route can often run without runs.

Unlike the DSG transmission, the 8-speed machine installed in Toyota does not tend to maintain the engine at overly low speed, and if necessary, it willingly drops gears.The result is high smooth driving and low fuel consumption.With a quiet driving side roads, it oscillates around 7 l/100 km, in the city it grows by a liter, and on highways it does not exceed 10 l/100 km.

TOYOTA PROCE VERSO 2.0 D-4D: suspension and guidance

Suspension with soft settings with high profile tires absorb even more serious unevenness well.As a result, the Toyota Proace is comfortable.The car does not just like short, transverse unevenness (e.g..release thresholds, asphalt faults) that put the whole body into the longitudinal rocking.For its size, the car drives surprisingly well.The driver quickly forgets that he runs a bus weighing over two tons of over 5 meters long.

The regular body of the body makes maneuvering simple.In the tested copy, the reversing was additionally facilitated by the optional reversing camera.When driving at low speeds.400 Nm in the tested copy meant that during the dynamic starting of ESP had a lot of work.The 4 × 4 drive is not provided for this model.There is no partly compensated by advanced control of TrakciaToyota Traction Select - modes of driving on wet, snow -covered or sand surface optimize the wheel slip on a given ground, and at the same time play the role of an electronic "dishes".

TOYOTA PROCE VERSO 2.0 D-4D: interior and equipment

Contemporary vans are less and less different from smaller passenger cars, also a standard of interior finishing and equipment.In the Toyota ProAace Verso cabin, it is not possible to look for an uncovered metal sheet.

Exactly the same can be said about the equipment that in the tested copy included not only an automatic chest, heated seats with a massage function, but also systems monitoring dead field or warning about the risk of collision.The cabin has been well isolated from external noise, and the engine becomes clearly heard only during dynamic acceleration with gas in the floor.The solidity of the camping module deserves praise, which he did not even make noise when driving on unevenness.The highest buzzed dishes hidden in the drawers and from time to time reminded of a creak's creaking seat (it is possible that to eliminate these noise it is enough to lubricate his frame when visiting the website).

Toyota ProAace Verso: Prices

It is difficult to say precisely how much the pleasure of driving a Toyota Proce with camping buildings will cost.Purists will be able to "throw" the expedition module to the usable variety of this model - its prices start from 94 thousand.zloty. Cennik osobowej odmiany Proace Verso jest otwierany przez kwotę 127 900zloty.By choosing an elongated body, a more powerful engine, automatic transmission or richer equipment you can get closer to 200,000.zloty.Another 30 thousand.zloty pochłonie zakup Escape Boxa – jego cena również zależy od konfiguracji (np.the presence of the fridge).The manufacturer proposes a finish in oak, ash and walnut, thanks to which the module appearance can be adapted to your own preferences and interior colors of the vehicle.Depending on the size selected and finishing, the delivery time is 2-6 weeks.The modules are covered by a two -year warranty.

TOYOTA PROCE VERSO 2.0 D-4D: reviews and summary

In the basic configuration, Toyota ProAace Verso is a multi -task car that will pass the exam as a family car, a hotel bus or a car used every day for work, and on weekends after inserting the seats for trips with friends.The Escape Vans camping module discovers the next face of van toyota.The designed space for sleeping, cooking and transporting the load will work well during the expeditions to the unknown.It turns out to be time in the era of Pandemia, when it is fragile with air connections and the hotel network is not working at full speed.Van turned into a motorhome using the Escape Box module can enter wherever passenger cars can also move (in popular tourist regions you can find bans on motorhomes for motorhomes).

TOYOTA PROCE VERSO 2.0 D-4D-test: pros and cons

Body and interior +very large space in the cabin, aesthetic finishing materials, ergonomic position behind the wheel, comfortable seats, a clear indicator panel, a multimedia system with physical buttons and knobs, capacious storage compartments in the door - not a modern multimedia system, creaking driver, remote control to support the cruise control and speed limiter hidden behind the wheel - you need to learn to break down the buttons, you could use more storage spaces on the middle console, closing the rear flap requires a shrub - the actuators put a significant resistance

Drive system +high engine operating culture, great flexibility, low fuel demand, low noise under moderate load, good performance, softly working and selecting optimal gears of the automatic gearbox - the control of the traction has a problem with taming 400 Nm on wet surfaces

Driving properties +effective damping of unevenness, sufficiently precise steering, ESP smoothly correcting podsteriness - input swinging of the body while overcoming unevenness, clear tilts on corners, problems with traction on wet surfaces - it's easy to break the grip while starting

Equipment and price +reasonable price of the base version of Combi, wide possibilities of personalization of the car (two body lengths, several equipment versions), warranty for 3 years or up to 1,000,000 km of mileage - no optional 4 × 4 drive, limited possibility of selecting individual options - practicallyAll add -ons appear in packages or are assigned to the version

TOYOTA PROCE VERSO 2.0 D-4D 177 8 A/T-technical data, performance, fuel consumption

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