Honda CRV for towing?

The new Xtrail has 2200 kg towing capacity. I have an 03 reg Xtrail sport diesel, with 2000kg towing capacity and love it. Admittedly I mainly tow livestock and the occasional horse, but it never let me down. Engine is 2.2l diesel, done 142K miles, half of it towing, still on the same clutch, in fact, nothing major has ever gone wrong with it.
 
martlin said:
The new Xtrail has 2200 kg towing capacity. I have an 03 reg Xtrail sport diesel, with 2000kg towing capacity and love it. Admittedly I mainly tow livestock and the occasional horse, but it never let me down. Engine is 2.2l diesel, done 142K miles, half of it towing, still on the same clutch, in fact, nothing major has ever gone wrong with it.
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Fair enough, but one poster quoted 2500kg which is still a chunk more than 2200kg. My knowledgeable OH really rates them, but you obviously do need to know the correct towing weight to get anywhere approaching safe!
 
My mum got the new top of the range crv and they adjusted slightly to tow as we explained about the trailer plus horse and a lot of people weren't fitting the tow bar to the chassis so worth speaking to dealer mums can pull mine fine
 
Thanks for all your comments guys. Very helpful.

The CRV would be legal for us to tow with but I think this situation needs some more thought anyway.
 
My sister tows with a Susuki Grand Vitara. Think the max is 1850 for it. She only ever tows her own 15.2hh tho, it tows fine and is great in the snow.
 
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