Hi Voltorc
I agree with you, seen that to many times out and about on the roads.
I can tow my van down the motorway at 60 mph and not feel a thing, and easy enjoyable motoring.
Fully laden am only doing 50 mph max, as that to me is my safe limit at that max weight that's to Newark tractor show on the A46.
To be honest most of the roads around here to the rally's sites are single carriage and country roads, and hilly, so i never really get above 30mph most the time lol.
Quote: Originally posted by Ray Clayton on 14/10/2020
Hi Voltorc
I agree with you, seen that to many times out and about on the roads.
I can tow my van down the motorway at 60 mph and not feel a thing, and easy enjoyable motoring.
Fully laden am only doing 50 mph max, as that to me is my safe limit at that max weight that's to Newark tractor show on the A46.
To be honest most of the roads around here to the rally's sites are single carriage and country roads, and hilly, so i never really get above 30mph most the time lol.
I think I'd like a twin axle but I'm not willing to upgrade the car further as I'd be looking at a Kia sorento and that's just to big as it wouldnt just be a towing car but a commuter vehicle as well
On some brands the vehicle can tow 2000+kg if the vehicle is at its MIRO. If you add in luggage then the difference between the MIRO and the extra weight needs to be subtracted from the maximum towing weight
For example in addition to the driver in a MIRO, you have another adult at 75kg and luggage at 75kg which equals 150kg. This is subtracted from the maximum towing weight of 2000kg so in essence you can only tow 1850kg. I know Vauxhall used this calculation and not sure about other brands of vehicles.
Quote: Originally posted by iank01 on 15/10/2020
On some brands the vehicle can tow 2000+kg if the vehicle is at its MIRO. If you add in luggage then the difference between the MIRO and the extra weight needs to be subtracted from the maximum towing weight
For example in addition to the driver in a MIRO, you have another adult at 75kg and luggage at 75kg which equals 150kg. This is subtracted from the maximum towing weight of 2000kg so in essence you can only tow 1850kg. I know Vauxhall used this calculation and not sure about other brands of vehicles.
This is why you need to be aware of the vehicle's maximum gross train weight (MGTW). On most vehicles the MGTW is the max vehicle gross weight plus the max towing weight. However, as you have said, on some vehicles the MGTW is less than the vehicle's max gross weight combined with the max towing weight.
Thanks both. Quick look at the tech sheets shows a gross vehicle mass of 2230kg with a gross vehicle train weight of 4330kgs. I get your points though. If it was a gross vehicle train weight of 4000kgs and the car was load to the max vehicle weight, you could only tow 1770kg and not the max tow weight of 2100kgs
I tow with a Kuga Vignale 2.0 awd 180 hp automatic and I tow a caravan with a weight of 1460 kg and it tows extremely well, plenty of power and very sturdy, would definitely recommend as a tow car.