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Topic: New tow car

caren

09/5/2018 at 10:56pm
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Looking to upgrade our car and like the Nissan x trail. Wondering if a 2015 1.6 diesel is big enough to tow our 2 berth Coachman amara as not sure we can stretch to the 2l model which Nissan brought out in 2016. Thoughts please as a bit baffled by the weights and measures, just thinking out loud at the moment will research it more, just wondering if anyone has any experience of the x trail.

Rob and Tina

10/5/2018 at 9:46am
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What is the MTPLM of your caravan? What is the kerbweight of the proposed new car? What is the max tow weight of the new car? We need more information to give any helpful advice so come back with the figures and we can help decipher them for you.

Rob

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Thanks Rob, the info I’ve found is
Caravan - MTPLM - 1350kg
Car- Kerbside weight minimum - 1500kg
Max tow weight, braked - 2000kg
Max tow weight, unbraked - 750kg
Gross weight 2090kg

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That's a 90% match so ok if you are experienced at towing. How powerful is that 1.6 diesel? We towed a similar weight with a 1.6 diesel Mokka with 136bhp engine and it was fine, however there are only two of us and if you had loads of luggage and bikes etc it might have be different. It may be worth looking on owners forums to see if anyone has any practical experience of that combination.

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Hi,

Did you get the figure from a brochure or the V5?

In the 2016 brochure, my petrol X-trail has a kerb weight of 1430-1570Kg depending on trim, however the V5 states 1645Kg with GVW of 2210Kg.

The same brochure says 1500-1550kg for the diesel 2WD, I expect that it may be heavier on the V5 so worth checking if this is available, or ask to check if looking at one at a dealer.

The 1.6 diesel drives very smoothly and makes 320Nm of torque so should be fine towing your caravan. It's always nice to have a bit more power, but today's 1.6 has as much torque as the 2.0 150hp in the generation then ended in 2012.

I do far too many short journeys for a diesel though hence having the petrol version.

If you were looking at the automatics, they have a lower towing limit of 1500Kg and there have been reports of issues with the gearboxes once they get above 30k.

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