Sleeping under the stars sounds romantic until you have to deal with the practicalities of staying inside a tent in bad weather. As much as I love camping, a camper van holds much greater appeal these days, not least for the solid roof above my head. And the heating.
While the VW California is the model most people think of when it comes to campers, Mercedes has had its own solution since 1976. The first model was a partnership with German camping conversion specialists, Westfalia and was a version of the Mercedes Sprinter called the James Cook.
