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Full Tour of our NEW RV! The 2021 LTV Wonder RTB

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Mike and Jennifer Wendland just traded their Sprinter-based Unity for a Ford-powered Class C, and they’re walking viewers through every inch of it.

The husband-and-wife team behind RV Lifestyle spent years crisscrossing the country in a Leisure Travel Vans Unity FX built on a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis. In July 2020 they swapped it for something new: a 2020 Leisure Travel Vans Wonder RTB, a rig built on Ford’s redesigned Transit cutaway chassis instead. Their 32-minute Part 1 walkthrough takes viewers around the 24-foot-9-inch motorhome from bumper to bumper, laying the groundwork for a Part 2 that will dig into the cab electronics.

• The Wonder RTB rides on the 2020 Ford Transit cutaway chassis with a 3.5-liter EcoBoost twin-turbo V-6 rated at 310 horsepower and 400 lb-ft of torque, paired with a 10-speed automatic and an 11,000-pound GVWR — a departure from the Mercedes Sprinter chassis under their former Unity FX.
• The rear twin beds slide together to form a queen, sit above wardrobe storage, and stack over a large rear exterior “garage” compartment for gear.
• The standup dry shower includes a sunroof and a Truma AquaGo instant water heater, fits occupants up to 6 feet 2 inches tall, and its door doubles as the privacy partition between the bedroom and the front lounge.

A Different Chassis Under the Skin

Leisure Travel Vans markets the Wonder as a Class B-plus, but Mike Wendland is clear in the video that it’s legally and structurally a Class C, built on Ford’s upgraded Transit cutaway rather than the Sprinter platform found on rigs like their former Unity FX and plenty of other Sprinter-based conversions on the market. The Transit’s 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 puts out 310 horsepower and 400 lb-ft of torque through a 10-speed automatic, with an 11,000-pound GVWR to carry the coach. Leisure Travel Vans also offers an optional Intelligent All-Wheel Drive system on this chassis, aimed at buyers who want traction for winter travel or off-grid boondocking rather than just fair-weather campground stops.

Rear Twin Beds Instead of a Daily Chore

Inside the 24-foot-9-inch layout, the standout feature is the bedroom configuration. Instead of a Murphy bed or a sofa that has to be converted every night, the Wonder RTB gives the Wendlands two fixed twin beds in the rear that slide together into a queen when they want one. Underneath and around them is wardrobe storage, and outside, directly beneath that section, sits a large exterior “garage” compartment for hauling bikes, chairs, or whatever else doesn’t belong inside the cabin.

Twin beds that slide into a queen, sitting over a garage compartment big enough to actually use — no more nightly bed-making.

A Shower Built to Stand Up In

The dry shower stall is dedicated space rather than a wet-bath combo, and it’s tall enough to comfortably fit someone up to 6 feet 2 inches without ducking. A sunroof overhead brings in natural light, and a Truma AquaGo instant water heater means hot water on demand instead of waiting on a tank to recover. The shower door itself does double duty, sliding shut to separate the rear bedroom from the forward lounge and kitchen galley — effectively giving the coach a private back room when it’s needed.

Setting Up Part 2

Part 1 is deliberately focused on the box — exterior, sleeping area, shower, storage — and leaves the driving experience for the follow-up. Mike and Jennifer flag that Part 2 will get into the redesigned Ford Transit dashboard, Sync 3 navigation, Apple CarPlay integration, the twin swiveling front captain’s chairs, and the modern driver-assist safety suite that comes with the new chassis. For anyone weighing a Sprinter-based coach against a Transit-based one, that’s where the real comparison will play out.

Part 2 is where this review actually settles the Sprinter-versus-Transit debate the Wendlands set up here — dashboard, Sync 3, CarPlay, swiveling captain’s chairs, and the driver-assist package all get their turn once the tour moves from the living space up to the cab.