What Car is the Best to Tow With

What do you tow with now

As for tow cars, I'd personally not consider a petrol of any breed unless it was was about 3 litre with 6 or 8 pots.

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Up to a couple of years ago I'd have agreed with you regards diesel only, but for a van of the above weight modern petrol engines are very good.

The torque they produce is far closer to diesel levels than they used to be and the delivery is across a far higher rev range making for less gear changing to keep within what has become a narrow power band for some modern diesel engines.

The 1.5tsi referred to I run in my Audi A3 pulling a [admittedly low roof height] 1200kg van and I'm impressed. I know of one Kodiaq owner with the same engine who did what I believe was a near 10,000 mile continental trip in 2019 pulling a 1200/1300kg van.

Colin

Hmm, I'm not convinced.  It's at what revs the torque is produced that counts.

I have a modern 1.6 petrol car and I'd be reluctant to tow a garden trailer with it let alone a slab sided wind blocker caravan😆. Still, each to their own.

My now sold 2014 2.0L diesel Skoda Yeti:-

110bhp at 4,200rpm

250N/m torque at 1,500 - 2,500rpm

My current 1.5 petrol Audi A3:-

150bhp at 5,000 - 6,000rpm

250N/m torque at 1,500 - 3,500rpm

Colin

I agree with tinwheeler. Having both a modern turbo petrol rev box and a grunty diesel (plug-in hybrid as it happens) in the household, the petrol needs far more rowing with the gearstick to maintain good progress. For towing Diesel still walks the torque, petrol will only ever talk the torque. The only caveat in favour of petrol is the old American maxim ‘there ain’t no substitute for cubes’ (or CC in our language). 

Nail on head, FC👍

Wow Tinwheeler......that must have been some nail you bought !  Name the brand and save others from your experience.

I don't understand your post, ADP. I was saying FC is correct.

My current car is simply a local run around and is very good at doing that.

Tinwheeler you said you would be reluctant to pull a garden trailer with your car which is a 1.6 petrol run around. In 1996 I pulled a twin wheeled Lunar delta home 35 miles, because it was the only way I could get my caravan home with a 1.4 l Ford Escort . I imagine a present day 1.6 petrol engine would be far superior to a 1996 one and yet yours seems that is not the case, So I wondered what make of car was so under powered not to be able to give you confidence in towing a garden trailer.