RV REVIEW
BASED ON THE FIAT
DUCATO, THE FOUR-BERTH
AVIDA BIRDSVILLE HAS
BEEN UPDATED FOR 2019.
Avida has released its Birdsville motorhome with
2019 updates and we wasted no time climbing
aboard for a test drive. It’s large, spacious and
– perhaps best of all – it can be driven on a
standard car licence.
Based on the Fiat Ducato, the MY19 Birdsville
sports an offside slide-out, fibreglass sandwich
panel construction, a new nose cone above the
driver’s cab, new rear mouldings, new louvre
windows with roller blinds, a new four-point
security entry door, a reverse camera, new decal
design and a completely new interior.
DRIVING THE BIRDSVILLE
We climbed aboard the C class Birdsville and
took it for a run along some freeways, up a couple
of hills and along some secondary roads. The
Ducato, with its four-cylinder turbodiesel engine,
which puts out up to 400Nm of torque and 130kW
of power, certainly proved capable on all fronts.
Given the Tare weight of 3616kg, I expected the
motorhome to be a little more ‘sluggish’ than it
actually was, especially when ascending hills.
Yes, there’s the expected turbo lag, but it didn’t
hamper my driving experience.
Externally, the Birdsville is fitted out with two
nearside storage lockers, a fold-down picnic
table, a reversing camera, a roll-out awning,
an offside locker dedicated to the dual 4kg gas
cylinders, and another offside storage locker. I
appreciated the fact you can access the storage
area underneath both internal dinette lounges via
individual hatches in the slide-out.
The Birdsville comes with a 124L fresh water
storage tank and a matching 124L grey water
tank. One 100Ah deep-cycle battery with a 16A
charger is supplied standard, too.
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