Well, my T6.1 2 seater beach can have a fifth and sixth seat easily, all the storage units lift out in seconds, and if you want you can convert it to a seven seater, or takeball the seats out. Meanwhile the cooker and the gas are nearly hidden away in the door, and you can make a cup of tea in bed, or set up an cook indoors in the rain. The new beach is hopeless. Inferior in almost every way. I can't believe you can't even remove the cooker unit. And that middle seat open and up in the middle....what's that about? In the 'old' beach you have a good amount of space with the bed up and the front seats turned round. The ocean is poor, but this beach is a mess.
Not beach related, but one of the things I personally enjoy most about the previous models is that they are based on vans. I love the road-dominating high up seating position and the fact you are near the nose of the vehicle. I like being above light dazzle at night. I just like driving a van. When I pull up next to T7s you are a head higher and you look down on them. The new California is longer, wider and lower. Vital space lost inside. Less road clearance too. It's a hard no from me all round, aside from all the ridiculous interior design choices, loss of storage and sliding tables etc.