Matching your car to a caravan

The club matching service is rubbish, google towcar weights or similar and you will find a number of free access websites. However i am slightly confused whether it is the car or caravan you are replacing. 

 I totally agree with Flatcoat and have used https://towcar.info/GB/ 

Try towsure on there website that is what I use

thinking the same. changing car or van, if car always check V5c for kerb weight or mass in service weights.

You'll find mass in service on the V5c, but not kerbweight. There can be quite a big difference between the two.

In the past, meeting the legal requirements was always a bit of a nightmare.  Now that I pull our 1500kg MTPLM van with a VW Caravelle, I can at least relax by only needing to watch the van's max permitted weight and the noseweight.  The Caravelle max. weights are all well above our needs.  But I still raise and lower the small difference in tyre pressures between "normal" driving and when loaded and towing.

The weights of the car are on a weight plate, usually on a front door frame or under the bonnet. From this you can work out what the car can tow. I thought tow weights were on the V5? Anyway, if you have a new car, weights are nearly always in the brochure, or on the manufacturers website.

Using figures gleaned from a brochure or website can be risky because one can't guarantee that either are always up-to-date. Manufacturers sometimes change their specifications in the course of a model year, such as if a new engine replaces an older one, and this is not always immediately reflected in published data. For definitive information, one must always refer to the plated weights or the Certificate of Conformity.

The tow weight shown on the V5 is not legally enforceable because there is no law which says that it's an offence to exceed it. On the other hand, the plated weights, including the gross train weight, are enforceable.

I would agree that trusting a brochure is risky but, if the manufacturer and the DVLA have done their work properly, The vehicle's plated weight, its handbook and the V5 should all agree.

how would newby's know the difference between the two if only one is printed on the v5c.