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quoteBailey pushes boundaries with the latest addition to its van conversion range. Staying loyal to Ford, but offering something a bit different – that is, if you’re happy to go into the factory-fitted options list.
A standard Bailey Endurance campervan has an adventurous look to it, but if you want a full personality change you can add the Adventure Pack and roof tent arrangement you can see here – transforming it into a whole different beast.
Adventure Pack, first then, which adds a beefy Rhino roof rack and ladder, extra lighting and twin 100Watt solar panels (supplanting the 130Watt single unit on the initial Endurance). It adds some £1,250 to the list price and takes some 67kg of payload.
It also means you can go a stage further – and spend even more – in ordering a TentBox roof tent. £2,790 and 80kg are the critical figures here. All this has the effect of bringing the Bailey Endurance up to full four-berth status – at the same time taking overall height to 3.08m, and bringing payload capacity down to a still reasonable 567kg.
In this video, we take a look around the 2026 Bailey Endurance campervan:
The starting point for all this is the 6m-long Ford Transit van, which Bailey specifies with the 165bhp engine and six-speed manual transmission as standard (automatic is an option). The cab is particularly well appointed, too – from its car-like steering wheel with controls to multi-adjustable seating to seemingly endless storage points to the infotainment system – a 12-inch touchscreen that also includes a full colour reversing monitor – that grabs centre-stage.
The exterior graphics on Ford’s own Grey Matter paintwork, black alloy wheels and other details all point towards the more rugged appeal of this campervan.
Worth noting, too, Bailey is one of just a small number of motorhome specialists boasting Pro Convertor status – i.e. it works directly with Ford itself.
Inside the Bailey Endurance, there’s a more tried-and-trusted campervan layout featuring a front lounge, kitchen and washroom mid-‘van and a double bed across the back that has a folding central section so you can optimise the load-carrying capabilities.
The bed itself is some 1.97m x 1.39m at its widest points and has the support of wooden slats for the base sections on which the mattresses sit.
If you want to sleep two more, it’s the aforementioned roof tent. From a leading player in this sector, TentBox, this option provides a large double bed area as well as details such as a portable light and storage pockets.
Kitchen facilities include a 90-litre compressor fridge with small freezer, two gas rings and a sink combination, albeit the latter isn’t especially big. The flip-up worktop extension will be handy, but it does cut across access at the sliding door.
Storage includes open shelving at the end of the kitchen as well as a large upper-level locker with divider and shelving, plus more lockers and a large drawer in the kitchen unit itself.
A microwave oven is optional but it will steal space, of course.
Over in the washroom, there’s a good attempt to optimise corridor space when the toilet and shower facilities aren’t needed – thanks to the inward curving tambour door. When you need to use the washroom, the door pulls all the way round to give sufficient space.
Also here is a swivel-bowl toilet on a plinth and a small handbasin.
There’s no window, but you do get a decent mirror plus open shelving as well as a high and low-level of lockers.
Other standard fittings on the Bailey Endurance campervan include a Truma Combi D4E heating and hot water system, 100-litre fresh water tanks, 56-litre waste tank, twin 80Ah leisure batteries, sealed locker for a 6kg gas cylinder, shower for external use and more.
At this stage, although plenty of other manufacturers are certainly grasping the off-grid nettle, none offer such campervans with the option of a roof tent.
To find out more about insuring a Bailey Endurance or your current campervan visit our campervan insurance page.
Verdict: Off-grid appeal for a compact camper
Plus: Upwards thinking from Bailey, Ford Pro Convertor status, well equipped Ford base
Minus: Washroom lacks a window, door design to washroom may not always find favour
In-a-nutshell: Bailey builds for adventure
Alternatives: Swift Trekker X (elevating roof)
Bailey Endurance E65 factfile
| Model | Bailey Endurance E65 |
| Base vehicle | Ford Transit H3 |
| Dimensions | 5.98m L x 2.09m W x 2.80m H |
| Berths | Two (upgradable to four) |
| Travel seats | Four |
| Maximum weight | 3,500kg |
| Payload | 687kg |
| MPG estimate | 28-32 |
| RRP | From £69,999 on the road |
| Safety & security | ESP (Electronic Stability Program), ABS with monitoring system, reversing camera, front and rear parking sensors, automatic headlights, rain-sensing windscreen wipers, remote central locking to cab and habitation doors, tyre pressure monitoring, FordPass Connect app, underslung spare steel wheel. |
| Key options | Adventure Pack (£1,250), TentBox roof tent (£2,790) automatic transmission (£1,850), 16in black Swamper alloy wheels (£650), towbar (£500), wind-out awning (£650), overcab sunroof (£950), Avtex mobile wi-fi*, microwave oven*, lounge carpet* *Retailer fit |
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