Petrol Tow Cars - Octavia or Superb?

Me too!  I simply cannot envisage towing any caravan of any size with a 1.5 Litre engine. It might be OK, - just, on level roads, but you must always be prepared to restart on a steepish hill, or a ferry ramp!  Be prepared!  Only A Diesel will tow efficiently at the moment.

The Electric lobby is growing, and I suspect that at some point in the not too distant future they may be the answer.  But again not yet!

As already said the Euro 6 Diesel is still the best bet at the moment!

TF

Having towed for almost 40 years with petrol cars we switched to a 2 litre diesel Kia Sportage 4 years ago. None were Skoda but even with the last two 2 litre petrol Mondeos it was not a good experience doing a hill start even on a moderate gradient pulling a lighter caravan than the Adria 542. The Kia has no problem with 1300 kg on the same hills. I know because we visited the same sites in recent years and had to stop at the same traffic lights on the approach.

We towed with 1.5 & 1.6 litre petrol cars pulling by today's standard small caravans in the 1990s and still had to carefully plan our route when visiting the Lakes of or the Dales.

Have only towed with diesel skodas but I had a serious problem with the superb. It became detached from the caravan in Abergavenny. I had travelled 25 miles from Brecon and going around a roundabout I lost the van. I am an experienced tower having had 32 years of towing prior to the accident. I know it was properly hitched up, and properly loaded (Coachman 520/4). I have talked about this to many people both private members/dealers/towbar fitters/garages etc. The conclusion I have drawn is whilst the superb is a fabulous ,luxury car its suspension is too light for towing.