Posted on 08/12/2020 14:30
The results are in! Forty vehicles for towing have been evaluated by a panel of industry respected judges.
We're excited to announce the Caravan and Motorhome Club Towcar of the Year 2021 is the ŠKODA Superb Estate SE L Executive 2.0 TDI 150PS DSG.
Find out more about what made the ŠKODA our overall winner and see all class winners on our website: www.caravanclub.co.uk/towcar
Posted on 08/12/2020 19:02
“Estates are ideal for dog owners”..... you don't say..... this gets the award for most fatuous and irrelevant comment of the year award. Please get some motoring journos next year who actually know about cars. If not i am happy to volunteer my services.
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Posted on 08/12/2020 22:21
I know that I'm biased against FWD, and FWD make up the majority of cars on the roads these days, but I'm surprised at how a relatively 'light weight' FWD VW can be crowned TCOTY when there are larger cars eg E Class Mercs & 5 Series BMWs, both of which are RWD, which must surely make better tow cars. 🤷♂️
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Posted on 08/12/2020 22:21 by EmilysDadI know that I'm biased against FWD, and FWD make up the majority of cars on the roads these days, but I'm surprised at how a relatively 'light weight' FWD VW can be crowned TCOTY when there are larger cars eg E Class Mercs & 5 Series BMWs, both of which are RWD, which must surely make better tow cars. 🤷‍♂️
Posted on 08/12/2020 19:02 by flatcoat“Estates are ideal for dog owners”..... you don't say..... this gets the award for most fatuous and irrelevant comment of the year award. Please get some motoring journos next year who actually know about cars. If not i am happy to volunteer my services.
Posted on 08/12/2020 22:27 by JVB66Tow car of the year awards can only be awarded to vehicles that are entered in the competition by the manufacturers
Posted on 09/12/2020 06:04
"evaluated by a panel of industry respected judges"
Utter nonsense. Admittedly they can only test what's in front of them, but to award a car which will only tow a very modest sized caravan as TCOTY, utter nonsense! Any self-respecting "industry expert" wouldn't even consider FWD over RWD for towing either. Easy enough to win an award when there's no real competition.
Posted on 09/12/2020 08:03
AD, yes and i have a dog and have driven estate cars since my first dog in 1986. But that statement appears to be the best they can say about the Leon estate... really? Who writes and edits that stuff? However it will not impact upon my tow car decisions having just bought an estate Volvo plug-in hybrid with 4wd..... As for FWD being a handicap, i towed many 1000’s of miles with a fwd A6 without any problems until i got stuck on snow covered grass (with winter tyres too) and soon after i changed to 4wd. In practice fwd is fine 99.9% of the time.
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