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25/8/2020 at 4:42pm
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Hi,
New to the forum as my wife and I are in the process of selling our old campervan and hope to soon replace it with a two-berth caravan. However, having done a bit of research it seems my current car (1.4 Astra) is both a bit underpowered and, more importantly, not heavy enough to safely tow the sorts of vans we're looking at.
The sort of thing we're after is something like a Sterling Eccles Sport 382, which has an MTPLM of 1,143kg, so to be safely inside the 85% rule we'd need a car with a kerb weight of around 1,400 or higher. Budget will be in the £8-10k range.
The other slight complication is that really it will need to be a petrol rather than a diesel, because most of our journeys are short local ones and I don't want to run the risk of buying a diesel car and having problems with the DPF.
Having done some initial research, I'm wondering about something like a Honda CR-V. But perhaps there are better alternatives? I'm open to suggestions.
Many thanks in advance,
Rob
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25/8/2020 at 7:26pm
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Perhaps a Ford Mondeo estate would suit.
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26/8/2020 at 11:28am
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Try looking at medium sized SUVs such as the Tiguan.
There is a wide range of vehicles avaiable.
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26/8/2020 at 12:08pm
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I have not owned any, so cannot really offer a recommendation, but look at Kia Sportage, or Hyundai Tucson.
Have a read up on tow car reviews on various sites.
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26/8/2020 at 1:30pm
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A caravan with an MTPLM of 1150kg should be towable by something like a VW Golf estate or Touran MPV, or a Ford Focus/C-max. There are a fair number of petrol versions of these about but you will need to check the towing capacities, which may well be less than for the diesel-engined equivalents.
Go larger than that, either to something like a Mondeo or Passat (which would have been my original suggestion) or a medium-sized SUV such as the Tiguan and you'll struggle to find a petrol one - the vast majority sold until very recently were diesel.
Might be a bit left-field but if you can park it at home, have you thought about a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV plug-in hybrid? They're approved to tow up to 1500kg and could allow you to make some of your short journeys on electricity alone, and Autotrader lists some early 2015 cars (albeit with high mileages) for around £10k.
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26/8/2020 at 1:39pm
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Quote: Originally posted by SamandRose on 26/8/2020
A caravan with an MTPLM of 1150kg should be towable by something like a VW Golf estate or Touran MPV, or a Ford Focus/C-max. There are a fair number of petrol versions of these about but you will need to check the towing capacities, which may well be less than for the diesel-engined equivalents.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
From what I've seen so far, VWs tend to be on the pricey side, which means the ones on the market within my budget tend to have fairly high mileages.
Quote: Go larger than that, either to something like a Mondeo or Passat (which would have been my original suggestion) or a medium-sized SUV such as the Tiguan and you'll struggle to find a petrol one - the vast majority sold until very recently were diesel.
Yes, this is what I've found. There are some petrol ones about, but they're few and far between and quite expensive relative to the diesel variants.
Quote: Might be a bit left-field but if you can park it at home, have you thought about a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV plug-in hybrid? They're approved to tow up to 1500kg and could allow you to make some of your short journeys on electricity alone, and Autotrader lists some early 2015 cars (albeit with high mileages) for around £10k.
Interesting idea, thanks.
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If you want 2.0 petrol and happy for SUV with 4wd consider a forgotten UK marque - the Subaru Forester.
It may take a patient search as not many are sold each year and owners keep hold of them, but you may find a 2012 facelift model for your budget.
The bonus with people holding onto them is they generally get very well looked after. Major expense is the clutch, which typically need changing at 70-80,000 miles, other than that they will do mega miles (300,000+ miles) with little major expense.
If you want a newer vehicle with exactly the same underpinnings as the Forester but slightly smaller (weights need assessing) look at the even rarer XV model.
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