Winnebago Esperance Premium

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Esperance Premium expands the local Winnebago model range.
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The line-up of 13 differing floor plans now includes an Esperance Premium. It offers the space and comfort of an A-Class motorhome yet in a convenient size.

At eight metres long, the Esperance Premium provides the practicality of a mid-sized motorhome but with an extremely spacious feel to it. The motorhome body and cab are specially manufactured rather than just incorporated into the standard chassis cab.

A-class motorhomes offer the advantage of a wider more spacious, easily accessible cabin which is the same size as the rest of the motorhome unlike the traditional motorhomes built on a cab chassis where the cab is somewhat narrower.

You can sit back and relax in the leather driver and passenger armchairs which swivel to form part of the living area. The huge one piece windscreen provides exceptional views of the passing scenery.

All instrumentation is conveniently located thanks to the large wrap around dash. Controls such as the handy cruise control function allow you to set your speed and enjoy the journey.

You can cruise along the highways and unsealed roads comfortably and economically as the Esperance Premium is powered by an Iveco 50C18, 3.0-litre turbo diesel engine coupled with 6-speed automated manual transmission, the dual rear wheels driving the Esperance along with ease.

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A host of safety equipment is offered as standard including ABS which prevents the wheels from locking in an emergency braking situation, EBD which distributes the braking force evenly over the front and rear wheels and stability control which compensates for driver error by adjusting the action of the engine and the brakes.

Inside the motorhome, the feeling of space is accentuated by the electric slide out which, at the push of a button slides the living room wall out creating a huge amount of internal living space.

The kitchen is a gourmet's delight with full oven, grill and cooktop, exhaust fan and sink with hot and cold water. The refrigerator offers a large freezer and automatically controls the use of power, switching itself to 240 volt, battery or gas as required thus your food and drinks will remain cold.

The rear bedroom area has a large walk around bed that comfortably sleeps two, if you would like to bring along a couple more guests, just pull down the bed above the driver and passenger seat or convert the roomy dinette.

A bathroom is located at the rear with separate shower and toilet facilities and as the toilet is not part of the shower recess, it remains dry. The porcelain bowl toilet flushes to a large sealed wheel-along cassette.

Apart from the luxurious necessities, Esperance Premium offers a host of standard items such as remote controlled roof air conditioning for heating and cooling, a separate ducted diesel furnace system, a large LCD television with inbuilt DVD player inbuilt, a 7-inch colour screen GPS system incorporating a reversing camera and DVD player.

Esperance Premium expands the local Winnebago model range, joining other campervan and motorhome models such as Escape, Diversion, Birdsville and Birdsville Elite, Esperance, Menindee, Longreach and Classic and the other two new models, Eyre and Ceduna.

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