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Ford kuga tow car ?

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alexcaravan

Anyone got a 2 wheel drive ford kuga to tow with, we are looking to get one for our 6 berth single axel caravan. Would anyone recommend, we currently have a 4x4 skoda scout but diesel price is so high and it uses alot thanks
 
alexcaravan said:
Anyone got a 2 wheel drive ford kuga to tow with, we are looking to get one for our 6 berth single axel caravan. Would anyone recommend, we currently have a 4x4 skoda scout but diesel price is so high and it uses alot thanks
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There is one regular member who tows with a Kuga. Quite sure he will give you some real world advice.

I had a 2 litre AWD Superb diesel and even with today’s 30 pence differential in fuel price compared to petrol I’d suggest the Superbs fuel costs overall would be lower than two petrols one before the Superb and one after. It was quite noticeable how the petrol cars fuel economy dropped when towing even a lightweight 1300 kg caravan. Solo the Superb diesel out performed them. Even a very recent Kia XCeed 1.5 auto petrol was inferior to the diesel Superb in solo driving.
 
I have the mk3 AWD but my son in law has the mk3 front wheel drive and has towed with it fine for last 3 years,and both give excellent fuel consumption towing.
 
West Riding lad said:
We have a Kuga Titanium 2.0 2017 diesel. It pulls our Lunar Eclipse easily. The Lunar caravans are lightly built, but I don't think any van would be a problem.
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The Op is looking for a petrol given the price of diesel so an idea of solo and towing fuel consumption together with caravan weight would be helpful.
 
Alex caravan, what caravan are you towing, and what is the max weight of the caravan.
Towing with a diesel car you will nearly always get a better MPG over a Petrol car.
There is a lot more to look at rather than just a 10p to 15p per litre difference in cost.

Where you are going to can effect the cost of a tow. Lots of hills, verses a flat area.
ie. Edinburgh to Newcastle, Vs Milton Keynes to Great Yarmouth.
 
alexcaravan said:
Anyone got a 2 wheel drive ford kuga to tow with, we are looking to get one for our 6 berth single axel caravan. Would anyone recommend, we currently have a 4x4 skoda scout but diesel price is so high and it uses alot thanks
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I have towed with my previous Kugas all were diesel, 1 was 2wd , it towed as well as the Awd Kuga I had afterwards both towed a swift 550 caravan approx 1500kg. No problem at all. Better than my old Nissan xtrail Awd.
I was always lucky with the weather I never had to tow on a wet field, the Awd with the correct tyres should be better on a wet field situation?
 
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