Towing Vehicles

Myotto

Myotto

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Hi. I’m looking for a vehicle that will tow a single lightweight cheval Liberte trailer with one 600kg horse. I want something about a year old but don’t want a big gas guzzler and I don’t want a diesel. The problem is that the SUVs I would have bought in the past are being built with smaller engines. I was thinking about a 2L Mazda Cx5. Any ideas?
 
We are picking up a Volvo V90 tomorrow and I'll be switching my box for a single cheval trailer. Should be really economical being a plug in hybrid but enough grunt for towing mode when needed.
 
Myotto said:
Hi. I’m looking for a vehicle that will tow a single lightweight cheval Liberte trailer with one 600kg horse. I want something about a year old but don’t want a big gas guzzler and I don’t want a diesel. The problem is that the SUVs I would have bought in the past are being built with smaller engines. I was thinking about a 2L Mazda Cx5. Any ideas?
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I have to warn you of the issues with the cx5 diesel engines Mazdas well known for engine oil dilution which wrecks the engine.

So anything but that one
 
m1stify said:
I have to warn you of the issues with the cx5 diesel engines Mazdas well known for engine oil dilution which wrecks the engine.

So anything but that one
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OP did say they didn't want a diesel. I'm completely unqualified to answer the question because I've only ever towed with diesels!
 
Myotto said:
Hi. I’m looking for a vehicle that will tow a single lightweight cheval Liberte trailer with one 600kg horse. I want something about a year old but don’t want a big gas guzzler and I don’t want a diesel. The problem is that the SUVs I would have bought in the past are being built with smaller engines. I was thinking about a 2L Mazda Cx5. Any ideas?
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The Toyota Rav 4 plug in hybrid would do the job.
 
Tiguan has around 1800kg capacity see lots at horse shows does about 43mpg. friend tows with hers loves it, its a heavy car so you are not over the kerb weight (your load being around 1500kgs) or skoda karoq, kia sorento. You need something atleast 1800kg towing I would be looking for spare capacity in the bag. I found this outfit matcher helpful you can add the year and model - https://towcar.info/outfitmatch.php

EDIT - the mazda has 1600kgs so capacity to tow on lower end for suv of that size. The new foresters is also lower at 1600kgs.

Ive just bought a tiguan with 2L 4x4 after doing some research myself on options to tow 1 horse, it has a 2000kg capacity - though ive not put the tow bar on yet so cant speak from personal towing experience. I also looked at volvo x60. Couldnt stretch budget to bmw / audi but they might also do you, I didnt fancy the unreliability of LR discovery
 
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We had an older Merc ML10 which was excellent at towing til we had light issues with the car and replaced it with a Toyota Landcruiser which is even better (it’s an old one!) but not sure if they’ll come in petrol. They’ll never let you down! Is there a Subaru estate that might do the job?
 
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