Tow cars

Hi thanks for all replies will only be 2 people in car no roof rack worked out approximately 95% tow ratio so will be over 85% but not over 100% so no problem with insurance legal car can tow 2100kg and have found twin axle better to tow than single axle ordered new car today thanks to all replies 

Don’t forget it’s your car's kerb weight which is used in working out the ratio. Whatever you carry, or not, in the car will not alter that kerb weight. 

It's your choice but not a good match in my opinion.

Good luck. 

and will you still be within the gross train weight for your car? Towing over 100% is legal if still within the GTW 

Well I hope I'm not on the road when you are.

Keep in touch and let us know how you get on. As a Kuga driver I'd be interested. 

Hi yes we’ll in side gross train mass 4330 kg so legal to tow will let pail56 no how I get on and lornalou so he can get of the road when I’m out in my new car thanks for all you help

It make me think why you asked for advice on this, as everything being suggested tells you that they would not pull a TA with that weight with a Kuga and totally egnoring them, or was it an opportunity to tell all that you can buy a new car and caravan.  It's not just your safety but every road user also.

Hi lornalou was just asking for help sorry if I have up set you in some way did not mean to and will be towing under 100% so legal and save in my mind all the best

Hi Lornalou 1as I said in previous post my caravan is 2 years old so not buying a new van and bostting about it only asking for friendly advice about tow car thanks again for every ones help

I have a 180ps AWD Kuga. It is an excellent towcar. According to my V5 doc the Mass in service is 1773kg. So it would give you a ratio slightly better than 100%. I recently recorded 36mpg when towing when most of the journey was at a speed of around 58mph on a motorway. The cruise control is really useful and I like that cruising speed because I don’t have to overtake too many lorries. On that occasion I think I probably had the wind behind me. It really can make quite a difference. If  I drive faster the towing mpg can drop to around 28mpg. For solo driving it is possible to achieve 50mpg but with any amount of stop start motoring it drops to around 43mpg.