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PersonMrcoops
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Hi everyone, great site you have here.
Please excuse my lack of knowledge, I'm looking to purchase my first caravan, a 1991 Swift Corniche 12/2 in great condition all round. Does anyone know these vans ?
The book that comes with it states a maximum load of 850kg so it's reasonably light. I have a 2001 Skoda Fabia 1.9tdi hatchback that i was considering using as the towcar, does anyone have any experience or advice regarding this outfit ?

Thank you and happy caravaning :)


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Depends which model. The ambiente has a braked towing weight limit of 800kg so is not good. The comfort is 850kg. By the time you put your sandwiches in it will not be good either.

Whatever you buy please make sure the van is dry. So many stories of buying damp vans appear on here.

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Thanks Steve. The van is maximum laden weight 850kg.
I've got a 1.9tdi comfort so sounds like I need another car to tow lol
Thanks again


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I got the info from "parkers". Double check your car handbook if you have one but it doesn't look good. Don't think you'd find a van much lighter so yes. Another car.

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Are you sure about the weight of the Corniche? IIRR they were quite a heavy van for their time which make a max weight for one of 850kg more than a little low, I would have expected them to be more like 1100 or 1200kg.   Is there a plate on the van that could tell you it's weight, there should be?

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For a licence dated 1997 or later you must add together the plated max weight of the caravan and trailer, if the total is 3500 or less you can tow it. You may even tow a caravan with a MAM greater than the cars unladen mass the restriction was removed in 2013

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PersonMrcoops
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The vans handbook states MLW 850kg so I best get another tow car
thank you for all your responses


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Are you sure the 850kg figure is not the mass in running order?

Check the chassis plate on the caravan. It maybe older than you think.

The 1990 12/2 weighed approx 810kg in running order with a gross laden weight of 1000kg.


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And it all depends how old your fabia is the mark1s could tow a train so to speak, you will have the 105 bhp so the old model so it will tow your van

http://www.towcar.info/report.php showing 86% well within

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Year - 1991
2 berth
Single axle
Mass in Running Order (Kg) - 815

Maximum Allowable/Authorised Weight (Kg) - 1000

Internal Length (metres) - 3.78

Shipping Length (metres) - 5.47

Width (metres) - 2.13

Awning Size (cm) - 761

Layout - EK
skoda

Max towing weight (braked)
1000 kg

Max towing weight (unbraked)
450 kg

Minimum kerb weight
1235 kg

Towball limit 50 kg

http://www.practicalcaravan.com/reviews/tow-car/28233-skoda-fabia-estate-19-tdi-105-3


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