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we are starting out and looking for a 4 berth lightweight caravan for me and hubs, and two small children (5 and 3)

needs to be as lightweight as poss as we only have a rover45, hopefully we'll be getting a bigger car when this one dies on us but till then we're stuck with what we've got, but finding a caravan which this car can tow is proving tricky!

from the owners manual it appears that max towing weight is 1000kg

we dont want to spend too much (around 6K) as hopefully we'll be able to upgrade to a larger caravan when we eventually get a larger car

is this an impossible task?

any advice on suitable models to look for would be greatly appreciated

Tentz and birdman - thats really interesting, shows how much of a newbie i am, i sort of thought that newer ones would be lighter, but your info makes complete sense

gazmister, thanks for the tip on the sterkemanns, hadnt heard of them before but a quick search has shown that they tend to be light vans (although not many around)

Philip22 - thanks for the info, i've had a quick look and although its def light enough for us to tow, its perhaps a bit on the small side with two adults and our two marauding children!

jssparkes, thanks for the tip, there were a couple of crown vans which looked nice, good layouts, although would have to check the weight

black fox: i would SO prefer a larger car, but cant bear to part with the old rover yet, it just keeps going, and doesnt cost us any money, so not keen yet to get rid (feels like bad karma lol).

I would love a bigger car and a newer van but as we've not ever had a caravan before i'm a bit nervous of over committing ourselves

really appreciating all replies

thanks so much for all your replies, we really appreciate it

looking forward to having bit more family time in the summer hols

almost too embarrassed to ask but when looking at the max weight a car can tow, do i look at the MiRO or the MTPLM

sorry....total newbie.....