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Caravan Club Towcar of the Year 2013 See the results and details of the winning cars for the 2013 competition. 23 vehicles were divided into four Vehicle Excise Duty classes plus two All-Wheel Drive categories.

Cheers  Ratty

Quote: Originally posted by LlaniDavis on 09/10/2012

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Well I don't care, as the Yeti came nice and high!!

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Quote: Originally posted by IainM on 09/10/2012

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Ditto - lol

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..and the Discovery got no mention at all..which fully reflects every Club site I've visited.

Or not.

Funny last year we went to clumber for half term, this was only a few weeks after the Jetta won the tow car, every night we walked around the site and never saw a single jetta, not bad considering the site site has 180 pitches.

One month later my car was damaged and was off road for 8 days, the replacement car i was given was a Jetta.

The only plus i can say about it was the engine was willing if not a little gruff + economy was quite good, the car felt small was very basic, bland and boring to drive. it just had nothing about it at all. It amazed me that this car got the cc car of the year last year, to get it again is nothing more than a joke, i'm back to clumber again in a few weeks i'd be pretty certain when i walk the dog again around the site my findings will be the exactly same as last year.

Dont have an issue with the other cars but the car of the year should be capable of towing a standard 4 berth family van within the cc clubs guidelines

Bring back the old way of testing them i.e weights rather than tax bands, i think more people will relate to that

Bessie

Quote: Originally posted by strax on 10/10/2012

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..and the Discovery got no mention at all..which fully reflects every Club site I've visited.

Or not.

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Was there a new model discovery last year?  Did Landrover put it forward as a possible contender?  If the answer to either of these questions is no then that explains why it did not feature.

Quote: Originally posted by Zafiral on 09/10/2012

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If the Jetta is the future of towcars then perhaps the club needs to reasses the 85% guide.

Post last edited on 09/10/2012 19:22:43

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The 85% guideline says that for a person new to towing a the driver should aim for a towing ratio no greater than 85% but for a person with experience a towing ratio of up to 100% is perfectly acceptable. 

That being the case the Jetta with a kerbweight of 1411kg would be an adequate match for virtually all two berths and also for a lot of 4 berths, it is only when you get into the humongous caravans that the towing weight rises alarmingly. As to whether this is the way forward, I would suggest that it is likely to be the case as more and more people take up caravanning with licences that are dated post 1997. To that end towcars like the Jetta restrict the choice of caravans to those which can be towed so that the Mam of the combination is less than 3500kg. 

Quote: Originally posted by janus on 10/10/2012

Quote: Originally posted by Zafiral on 09/10/2012 If the Jetta is the future of towcars then perhaps the club needs to reasses the 85% guide.

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Post last edited on 09/10/2012 19:22:43

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The 85% guideline says that for a person new to towing a the driver should aim for a towing ratio no greater than 85% but for a person with experience a towing ratio of up to 100% is perfectly acceptable. 

That being the case the Jetta with a kerbweight of 1411kg would be an adequate match for virtually all two berths and also for a lot of 4 berths, it is only when you get into the humongous caravans that the towing weight rises alarmingly. As to whether this is the way forward, I would suggest that it is likely to be the case as more and more people take up caravanning with licences that are dated post 1997. To that end towcars like the Jetta restrict the choice of caravans to those which can be towed so that the Mam of the combination is less than 3500kg. 

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Quote: Originally posted by mikegalagher on 09/10/2012

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Whilst we're in the mood....

Yeti most reliable car

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If towing at 100% is ok, why are cars restricted to 85%, on the test. I use the 85% rule and try to strick to it, towed for over 4 years and covered many thousands of miles. Its 85% for a reason and that is for safety. Your kidding yourself on and pushing things to the limit towing at 100%.

I have said in the past that caravans are getting far to heavy and this needs to be looked at, as newer familly cars are becoming more eco friendly