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Quote: Originally posted by luvmydogspitch on 22/1/2019

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.... in the coming years traditional diesel tow cars are going to become expensive to run.

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Quote: Originally posted by luvmydogspitch on 23/1/2019

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Thank you so much for all your replies.
I read the same article morepints which also got me thinking. There's no doubt that the powers that be are going to be hiking up the cost of diesel powered vehicles in the coming years and also, as you say, most of our journeys are local apart from when we take the wheeled box with us. We've looked at the Mitsubishi PHEV and also the Golf but they are very expensive to buy as most of the technology is fairly new I suppose. Even used Mitis are a bit out of our price range. We used to have a diesel Shogun which was an excellent tow car of course when we had a twin axle caravan but it was incredibly costly to run and tax. It will be interesting to see how the technology develops but as older caravanners I suspect we will probably have to settle for a petrol car, something like a Mondeo estate (we have two dogs to accommodate as well) to tug a lightweight van. Thanks for your expertise navver, I have been researching and it does seem like some of them would make a capable tow car. Perhaps the price will come down as they get more common and there may be some deals and offers such as scrappage schemes to help with the cost.
Thanks again ☺

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Quote: Originally posted by luvmydogspitch on 29/1/2019

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Thank you everyone for your replies. I think we will have to steer clear of the hybrid at least for the time being. Have been looking at Hyundai Santa Fe. They are good old diesels but we know they do the job. If anyone tows with a petrol car I would be interested to know how you get on. Also considering the Honda CRV.

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Quote: Originally posted by bessie500 on 28/1/2019

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I was talking to a guy towing a large 1500 kg swift with a phev at Easter, whilst he said it wouldn’t be a record breaker on steep hill it was quite capable.
He actually had it plugged into the car van site socket charging it up

Bessie

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