Who tows with petrol?

I suspect the Golf wasn't pushing hard on the throttle either 🙄🙄 😉

Well it sat behind me all through the 40mph dual carriageway then once we hit the 70mph zone it pulled out to overtake but couldnt, so take from that what you want

Well the shortlist is Tucson Hybrid (self charging) or plug-in Tiguan. Tucson has incredible spec and controversial looks, Tiguan is more staid, less kit (albeit has adaptive suspension). Both same colour. Looked at various others especially the MG HS PHEV but despite incredible value and spec it simply has too many quirks. Also Considered the new 2021 facelift Santa Fe hybrid however no one yet makes a towbar for it….. very odd. Left field choices along the way were a Volvo XC40 diesel with all the gizmos possible and a Q7 diesel PHEV. If it hadn’t been black I would have discussed a bit further. 

Is the 1.4 petrol Tiguan Hybrid worth the extra £6K [looking at whatcar prices] over the 1.5 petrol. Towing economy and performance will be no better. I've just got my negative hat on and wondering how long it will take to save that £6K in furl costs.

Colin

Look at the Kia Versions of the Hyundai same company ,better warranty with the kia,

My previous towcar was an Audi A4 estate - a 1.8. To be very honest, at 20mph+ it was a absolute dream - very composed and solid, you could fat times forget the caravan was on the back!

I did however find it to struggle sometimes pulling away on inclines as it simply didn't have the bottom end torque. 

just had a first tow with a T5 Volvo XC60, absolutely awesome tow car. No lack of torque and was never ever in the wrong gear, in fact I never felt it change gear if it needed to. I love petrol and have no love of diesel and the Volvo has delivered it in spades with a massive cherry on top. Don't be sucked in with the must have a diesel tow car, MPG is slightly less but not that big a disparity as much as you might think.

I tow with a Mazda CX7 manual which is great for towing a Bailey Pegasus 554 which has a 1500kg max weight

Thats good to hear I just bought a 2019 XC60 T8 PHEV to replace my Toyota Avensis D4-D as tow car for my Explore 546. 

The Avensis did 1500 trouble free miles over the summer hauling the family to Fort William averaging 28mpg towing and 40-45mpg solo.

I expect the XC60 should have plenty of power (310bhp + 87bhp from electric) and options for AWD. The Avensis has about 130-135bhp with a tune box on.

With today's announcement from the government, that I no longer need to take a B+E test, I'm looking forward to putting the XC60 to the test soon!