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I am looking to buy a used car, the one i have my eye on is a 2002 peugeot hdi 406, but it is the 90 bhp model, not the 110 bhp, How important is the extra 20 bhp, clearly the more power the better, but is the 90 bhp version so inferior?

value your opinion, and or advise

I read, while on the same search for a towcar, that you need 40bhp per ton of the combined weight of the outfit

eg van @ 1000kg + car @ 1500kg = 2.5 ton

2.5 ton x 40bhp = 100bhp needed

Hope that this helps 

Towed with the 90bhp HDi unit in a Picasso - also had it in my 206 DTurbo runabout two of them in fact.

Nice engine that towed well and never missed a beat over a combined 100000 miles between the 3 cars.

I suppose it depends how heavy your 'van is.

 thanks for the replies, the van is 1300 kgs

a 2 berth compass corona, badged as a medip magnum se

jagman

Hi Jagman, As it happends we tow our Mendip magnum 524 which has a MTPLM of 1325kg's with a Peugeot 406 hdi 90 bhp and we find it tows great, theres loads of low down torque and towing we get around 30mpg and solo around 47-50mpg. As your vans a bit  lighter than ours you will have no problem at all with the 90 version

Rob

 thank you all for replying to me, i am reassured that 90bhp is going to be o.k.

tony c (jagman)