Favourite towcars

Best tugger we ever had was a 3.0l Izusu Trooper. Didn't know the caravan was on the back. 

Had all the aerodynamics of a brick but couldn't fault it as a tow car. Great for storage as well.

Current one is a Kia Sportage. Seems fine.

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The best tow car I had was my Daimler sovereign 4.2 , plenty of pulling power ,but did like to drink fuel 

I suppose most will say their current tow car. Mine currently is a used previous generation Volvo V60, until i give up caravanning i have no idea if it will turn out to be my favourite. My aspirational ‘favourite’ tow car is probably an Audi Allroad or Q7 PHEV. 

As Flatcoat suggests, my current ML350 is a brilliant tow car (as long as fuel economy is ignored 🙄) but it should be considering its size etc But I've never been unhappy with any of my previous tow cars ... Carlton Senators Omega & R Class

Like Wherenext our best oldie was our Isuzu Trooper. At 3.0 ltrs it was quite thirsty but an unbelievable tow vehicle. As it was a works vehicle running costs generally were not an issue for me.

After subsequently having a couple of L.R. Discoveries and a Nissan X Trail we decided that we would like to go to a more conventional car, almost just for a change. We opted for a Mondeo estate and currently have a 2 ltr auto 180bhp. It tows our 1350kg  Lunar like a dream, has bags of space in it (shout into the load area and you hear an echo) and it is great for solo driving.  

I suppose my original 56 plate Kia Sorento auto would take the award. It wasn't as powerful as the 59 plate it was replaced with but because it had SLS it was more stable. An honourable mention should also go the the Peugeot 405 diesel which I owned for six years and towed us down to the South of France quite a few times trouble free.

David

 

Our current tow car is a 2009 Volvo V70 2.0 diesel. We have had it over 3 years now and so far it’s been a excellent tow car and generally all round great car tows well and is reasonable on fuel although parts can be expensive. Favourite tow car would probably be our old Isuzu Trooper 3.0 diesel it was an 04 plate so one of the later ones we had it 5 years was an excellent tow car pulled the caravan as if it wasn’t there loved it although. It did cost a lot of money as it went through 2 sets of injectors but when it was running well it was excellent o still miss that car even today. Other good tow cars we had were a 2004 Mondeo hatchback and a 1999 Peugeot 406 saloon both of these were 2.0 diesels and were very good and gave many years good service.

This has to be my favourite car - towing or not.  Was it the best towcar - probably not - I think the current Touareg has that distinction. (I do like my toys though)

My favourite type of towcar is an estate with 4wd, auto, V6 or V8 engine. Something like an Audi RS6 or Alpina B5..... in practice happy to settle for the estate, 4wd and auto but forego the engine for a diesel. Must also be a decent drivers car, good seats, quality sound system. In reality i find estates are generally roomier than an SUV (luggage especially) more economical/lower running costs, better to drive enthusiastically, and many are available with 4wd option. Think various Volvo, Audi A4/6 Allroad, Passat/Golf Alltrack, Skoda Octavia/Superb, any Subaru, Vauxhall Insignia, Mundaneo, Jag  XF, and probably one or two i have overlooked.