Updated Mercedes Marco Polo campervan tested on road and camping ground - including clever new self-levelling air-suspension. Read all the details on CAR
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For as well as looking more modern, the infotainment element of the twin-screen element now incorporates all the camping controls into the MBUX system, rather than relying on a separate unit. You can also take control of most of them via your phone. The only real issue with this is the presence of options UK buyers can’t have – such as the digital rear-view mirror. For some reason this is offered to V-Class MPV buyers here but not Marco Polo customers; a shame, because it works very well here and saves you having to peer behind through a space narrowed by cupboards.
A couple of things reveal the van beneath, so to speak. First is the driving position; you sit very high, looking down over the dashboard and steering wheel, which means great forward visibility but a rather bus-like wheel angle and a lot of glancing down away from the road to read the digital instruments. Second is the ride, which does rather thud into compressions, leading to a preliminary impression that the chassis is as leaden-footed as you’d reasonably expect 2.
There’s plenty of power and torque, too, and I have no complaints about the refinement – for a large box there’s little resonance and minimal flex, and not even much wind noise. Magnetic crockery and fabric-bagged cutlery helps keep the usual camper racket down, though I could still hear pots and pans sliding about. Probably my fault, that.
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