This £70K Mercedes Marco Polo is the ultimate luxury camper van! REVIEW

Hey everyone, man, what's inside? I've been living in a van. You see, I've been going to visit my mom, but due to Kobe 19 and social distancing I can't go inside a house, so I've been sleeping in

this

. a driveway that is actually on a ring road, but

this

is not just any truck, it is a

mercedes

marco

polo

, it is a

luxury

motor home and in this video I am going to tell you all about it and show you all of its really cool features first. let's talk about price so this is an expensive

marco

polo

van that starts at £54,000 so this one here with a slightly high performance engine and the amg line trim which has sporty details and all of that costs £67,000 now.

In fact, I can get a two-bedroom apartment in Warsaw, which is where my mother lives. So what exactly do you get for all that money? Well, first of all, you get a huge amount of space, absolutely a huge amount, so this thing is over five meters long. it's very spacious here in the back seats and you can slide the seats forward hi hi and they go all the way forward also it's very easy to do in a vw california that system is a little temperamental and choppy you have a leather interior too so Feels elegant and electrically reclining seats.

No, you don't have to do anything manually here, oh no, and they're convenient too. These seats, then there's the feel of the materials inside, it just feels luxurious and expensive like you. What you would expect from the

mercedes

is lovely, it also has yacht style wood floors, well that's what mercedes says but it's actually just a laminate that looks like wood, it gets dirty quite easily because it's light in color but it helps make it feel nice and airy here and of course you have an electrically operated side door so you just press the button and it will do its job.

It sounds expensive. You can turn the Marco Polo into a lounge by turning these front seats around so there is a lever you can pull underneath. the seat has to have the backrest upright, then it's just a case of turning it like this, it locks in this position at first, but then you can move it again, look to go all the way around, then it's just a case. To do so with the driver's seat and one area where the Marco Polo really excels over the VW California is the quality of its kitchen. It's a bit like comparing a bolted kitchen to one from Ikea if you don't know what the belt is.

Google it anyway so you have all the essentials you need to get to California, so you have a refrigerator under here and I just chilled some champagne. There is room for many bottles of champagne here, in fact, you have a capacity of 40 liters, then you have two burners, your stove looks very nice and, finally, you are looking at washing, there you go, now it's a bit annoying, no you have a removable container like you are doing. California, oh well now the feel of everything and the look of everything is super, super expensive and I like the fact that you have drawers that extend and look, look, they have soft clothes like a Mercedes s class, there's your drawer of cutlery.

It's very easy to see where you need to go and there's another large drawing here that has a kettle for the stove. The only sliding door you have is this one, but you need it because obviously there will be someone sitting here in the VW. California, you don't have these extendable drawers and that makes it harder to find what you're looking for. One thing that's better on the VW is the table, so it's the same as sliding it out and then lifting it up. Pick it up and extend your leg, but the problem with this one is that it doesn't seem to fit into place very well, so it's pretty easy to just get up and say "Oh, I don't call you everywhere for dinner", it would probably be annoying trying to clean up .

Take all this out when you have bolognese all over the floor, if you have a kitchen you are going to need a water supply and this is where you fill the water tank of the truck so that it can hold 38 liters of fresh water, but you also have a water tank 40 liter waste because obviously once you've washed and all that, it has to go somewhere when you're done at the campsite, if they let you, you can just change a valve on the wheel. arc and actually releases water from the wastewater. It looks a little like the truck has a Wii.

This connection here is obviously for the main supply, so when you get to camp, you plug it in there and then you can. Power the electrical system from the mains instead of having to use the laser battery which is also included in the vehicle as well as the normal 12V battery. It is in the living room. Is in the kitchen. Now it's time to check the bedrooms to access the upper part. bedroom, you have to use this control panel that looks like something out of the 1980s, it's really basic, so you turn the knob to cycle through different functions, like the water tank level, the auxiliary heater that will keep you warm when the engine is not working.

The refrigerator and the roof work so you press that and then you just press one of these here to open the roof and it will start to rise to operate the roof you have to press a button and hold it down before you do that you need the ignition to be on but the engine is not running and one door is open for air flow because obviously when it is lifted it needs to be filled with air. In fact, I have to press the button with my foot to talk to you and I wait. it's all over because I'm starting to get cramps in my toes, come on, come on, hurry up, you're still there, I'm cramping, it's not the quickest, I'm done loading the bed, it's just a case of undoing these little ones . you hook one on each side and then lower it down, now it's not as fancy as the vw california because it has gas shocks, but actually you know what it's a really simple, quick and easy fix that's not likely to break and, If he does, he won't.

It costs a lot to fix it. Welcome everyone to my boudoir. Now, if you're going to sleep here, you're going to want to sleep with your head on this end, because if you have your head on that end, you're going to wake up in the night and crash. However, your head inside is quite comfortable, so the mattress is thin, actually they are all in

camper

vans, but in addition to the normal bed slats, you have these plastic springs and they really work, it is surprisingly comfortable, in Actually, the only problem is that it is quite narrow, so it is 110 centimeters wide, the bed upstairs in the VW California is 120 and, for reference, a normal double bed is 140 centimeters, so with two of You guys up here are fighting a little for space, but it's doable.

They have some windows. here with mosquito netting, which is good and let's just do this. We have a reading light right up here and you can also alter the brightness and if you need to charge your mobile devices, there's a USB port right in the front here. The whole idea to set up the bottom bunk you have to move the chairs all the way forward and then lower the backrest which, because it's electric, you're not just pulling a cord, it takes a while and makes a noise, keep in mind. patience. It'll be worth it, come to bed, we're finally here.

What you want to do is just fold this part down like this and then slide this part back again until it meets that part, put it together and the job is done, whatever you can. what I really do is alter the stiffness or should it be the firmness of the cushions to make it a little bit more comfortable now there are some problems with this bottom bed for example look there are some holes here and this part is slightly different than this one, so you notice it when you sleep on it, I don't know if it's better to go this way, but you can get an optional mattress topper that does even things that make it much more comfortable, you still have the same problem.

The upper deck, although quite narrow, is once again 110 centimeters wide, making it somewhat comfortable for two people. I actually spent two nights sleeping in the marco polo in my mom's driveway on a bypass and that's what it was like, so it's the middle of the night and I thought I'd let you know what it's like to sleep in this van, so I chose to sleep downstairs, my girlfriend is actually upstairs, it's not that she was naughty and they banished me here, it's because when you have two beds and there are only two of you, you might as well take advantage of the extra space.

Also, it's quieter down here because you have the sand insulation of the body and the windows, the bed is not at all as comfortable as it is up there, that's why she's up there. I'm going to shoot, I hope it doesn't wake her up, but did you hear that you really noticed the cars up here? Hopefully it's far away anyway. I better not wake her up because I'll be in even more trouble because I'm actually down here because I've been bad but it's quieter so it worked for me yeah if you're at a campground and there are people awake around you they might keep you awake if You're upstairs, so I think I'd rather be down here anyway, let's get on with the tour, so there's a decent amount of closet space here.

You have a closet area here and here, and there's even like a little coat rack in there plus your vanity mirror with a little light so you can see what you're doing when you're doing your makeup. There's more storage space right here and underneath is your bottle of gas for the stove up here you have a place where you can store your sheets and There is also a drawer under the rear seats and then there you have a cup holder and another cup holder lowered with a 12 volt sock to charge your devices. The Marco Polo comes with an automated tailgate as standard and you can open it using the key so you can do it from the inside here if you want and get up in the morning and take a look so you can get the vehicle with an optional shower that you can put in the area of glass up here. and then you connect it to the water supply right there and you can shower in the morning.

There will be a cold chair because that's just cold water. One thing I also like is this aspect, close this, come on, you can open. the glass part by itself, there you go, so you have easy access to take things out if necessary, so I wish I could open this part from the inside because once again I'll just open it again. Ideally, this would be the way you opened it in the morning, right? One of the things I really like about the marco polo is the fact that you can alter the brightness of the light and you even have some ambient lighting, look down here on the floor. the kitchen is great one area where the marco polo is much better than the vw california is the interior design and quality especially here in the front i mean it's like a mercedes car it's not like a truck not even would you know it was based on a pickup truck that was actually just sitting here, there's one thing that's not so good, although when it's the infotainment system, now Mercedes recently gave this car, it even developed, gave it to This truck got a facelift, but they didn't update it to the latest version of infotainment. system this is the one you had in the old e class this is old oh it's so dated and it doesn't even have Apple Carplay or Android Auto other than that although it is brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, cabin with lots of storage and compartments in the big doors. cup holder down here USB down here a decent sized glove box and a place for the sun is up there too.

However, there are some not so clever parts of the Marco Polo where clearly VW has done a better job, for example the picnic table in the VW is on the sliding door and the picnic chairs are on the tailgate. Really brilliant idea, whereas here they are in a sort of area that takes up space in the boot, meaning you can't put your suitcases in there. to have them inside the van with you the table itself is here and this looks so new it still has the plastic wrap to take it out it's pretty easy just with this I'm pretending I know what to do legs it could be a little faster maybe so you put this in, come on, come in, oh, I can't do it, I was just saying it's easy, yeah, now I'm starting to regret my words because it's taking a little time.

Here we go, I think this is a table set up so it's not perfect, but I think once you've done it once or twice you'll get the hang of it, it should be fine and then come the chairs, there's all these things like. straps and things that they can get tangled in and then you have all the other gubbins in this area as well as the cable for the main supply so let's take out the seats obviously I have to put the backrests on them too. here we go there we go there's the back I think it just slipped so oh cool I have to collapse it a little again if this is yours you've done it once you've figured it out this is the first time I've done it This I finally think I'm already there, come on, okay, yeah, I'll do it for now.

I need to rest and I'll have to put it back together. Yes, the table and chairs and the way they are stored in the Volkswagen. It's better, the windows are also a bit annoying, so yes, you have the windowusual kitchen window, which is great, but this window doesn't open at all and the rear window only opens and for some reason Mercedes decided to electrify it. It would be much easier to just open it like that, well another thing is that you don't have a reverse power supply installed in the car so you can't plug in things like laptops.

The only way you can do this is once you are plugged into the mains then you can use this and it is a bit annoying having to use an adaptor because it only comes with the European plug not the UK plug so most annoying of all, although in the marco polo are their blinds, especially the front ones, so if you want to darken the windshield, you have this type of curtain that you have to dress the car because obviously it can't dress itself, so yes, you have to get these straps and put them around the sun visors like this, come on, how do you fit?

This is German engineering, not at its best, let me tell you that. Okay, so this part surrounds the rearview mirror. I like that we go to the other side too. Come on, no, is this it? I'm doing? Even there we go, here we go. I'm trying to get really angry about this. Now, why don't you dress like Mercedes and then see how high tech it is? You have little suckers and I feel like a fool right now doing this thing you have to clamp to the window and you put it there like this and do the same thing on the other side remember this is £67,000 for this one and that's all private now Although it's not as private, you'll see that the blinds on the other windows don't exactly fit as snugly, so you can actually just pee around them a little bit, you'll see, even with this closed, you'll find that someone can just peek in, which It's not ideal if you want privacy, but it's great if you like to chase.

Another thing that bothers me about the Marco Polo is that if you start the engine with the roof off, this happens with an annoying warning noise that just goes through you. Now I know what they do is stop you from driving and damaging the roof, but you should be allowed an override if you do that. You want to start the engine because you may need to recharge the battery because it's getting low or, as I discovered last night, if it's a little warm in the cabin and you want to use the air conditioning system to fill it with cold. air yeah we just had to sit there listening to this until it cooled down inside and then we turned it off so how is the marco polo to drive well?

The first thing is that it looks more like a car than a truck, like the suspension is brilliant. I hardly feel any knock at all it's really very relaxing it absorbs them brilliantly the vw california is much more elastic as a result it sounds more this is quite i can't hear anything rattling another thing i like is the engine and gearbox combination so Mercedes has given this one a new two-litre diesel. You can have it with the 220 version which has less than 200 horsepower. This is the 300d that has 240 horsepower, it will reach 60 degrees in less than 9 seconds and if you put the pedal to the metal.

The nine-speed automatic gearbox engages quickly and then the van takes off. It really runs on motor and the van's handling is quite good, so the steering is fine, it goes where you want it to and it doesn't wobble around corners. a lot, you can take this on a winding road, no problem at all, this thing only eats in malls, it's actually very relaxing to travel if I had to go a long way in a van, I would choose this one, it's much better than I was expecting Well then it's time for my verdict on the Mercedes Marco Polo.

Now I will say that I think a VW California is a little cooler. You know it has the heritage and you can use different paint schemes and two tones, it even obviously has those smart features like the storage solution for the picnic table, the chairs and the blinds, they are better but in almost every other way I prefer the Marco Polo, it just feels more luxurious inside. I spent nights in both. This seemed more comfortable to me. But what really stands out is the driving experience. It is much better than the VW and that is important.

If you are traveling long distances in Europe, it will mean that you will arrive at your destination more relaxed and you will be less likely to have an argument with your passengers. Would you personally have one of these? No, I don't like camping. I'd rather go on a fancy vacation or maybe even buy an apartment in Warsaw.