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 10/12/2020 18:16
As some of us get older any car that one does not need help to get out of once inside, is a fine day run about and if it can tow a reasonable size two berth caravan at the monent is a bonus and fine by us 
ps as long as it is proven to be as reliable as the Kia stable are
Posted on 10/12/2020 16:10 by WherenextI happen to agree with Lutz's comments about taking day to day driving into account. Even with a good years touring under our belt we will probably only hitch up about 30 times so the other 330+ days the tow car needs to justify its place, so we tend to compromise, not being in a position to leave a car lying around just for touring.
We did look at the Skoda Superb when needing to change our tow car last year following acquisition of a heavier, bigger caravan. I was surprised by the kerb weight, or lack of it, and we ended up with a 4WD Kia instead.
Wouldn't have a rear wheel drive BMW. Had them years ago but fishtailing on ice and missing being hit by a braking lorry by about 1 foot made me decide to change to FWD. As said above it only does 30 days of tugging and providing it can do the job adequately that's good enough for me.
Only good thing about TCOY is that it tends to let me know which vehicles I can definitely discount.
Posted on 10/12/2020 20:25
A lot depends on the type of caravaner you are. If you only ever use main sites with good roads you may well get away with FWD. If like me you use CLs without hard standings then 4WD is important, if not essential. I have on occasions been asked to tow off both caravans and even motorhomes who got stuck once the rain arrived.
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