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17/5/2021 at 3:48pm
Location: London
Outfit: Lunar Cosmos 524
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Can't comment on your car/outfit directly, but I've got a Citroen with the petrol 1.2l 3 cylinder engine and tow a bigger 4 berth, heavier van at 1310Kg MTPLM, I've got a bit more power (130 bhp at 5500rpm) and torque (170ft/lbs at 1750 rpm) than you but it tows incredibly well with no great performance or economy issues. No guarantee that my experience will be mirrored with your outfit, but equally, it shows it can be viable.
You will no doubt get the usual comments of 'only a big diesel will tow satisfactorily' and don't even think about a tiny petrol car for towing! 10 years or so back I would have agreed, but the current generation of high performance petrol engines are a world apart from previous generations and many people have no personal experience of them but still damn them on past performance and expectations. You will undoubtedly have to use the gears more than with a diesel engine, but that doesn't mean it's impossible to use as a practical tow car. Mine cruises in 6th gear on motorways, has climbed every hill I've encountered in lumpier bits of the country, and returns 30 plus mpg, it'll willingly and all too easily exceed the 60mph towing limit. Your outfit will not be quick based on the numbers, but that doesn't automatically make it unusable.
Only question mark, don't rely on towing capacities, kerb weights and such like published on various web sites (even towing advice sites!), often they are just plain wrong or are not applicable to UK spec cars or your specific model (trim specs have a baring!). Only work with the weight/capacity figures marked on the car, manufacturers documents and V5 registration document to verify all is in order to tow.
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