Kia sportage petrol 1.6 turbo 2020

[P4whh]

Has anyone towed with a petrol car any advice would be great towing a small van around 1300

 

[RogerL]

Has anyone towed with a petrol car any advice would be great towing a small van around 1300

We used to tow a 1250 kg caravan with a 1.8 automatic petrol Astra non-turbo, towing ratio about 97% - it wasn't as good as our present outfit (3.0 turbo-diesel towing 1500 kg) but it was adequate - just had to get used to the high revs on hills and long motorway climbs.

 

[otherclive]

Has anyone towed with a petrol car any advice would be great towing a small van around 1300

Yes before diesel became mainstream there's wasn't much alternative to a petrol engine. I've had a range of non turbos, plus Saab 9000 CSE turbo and as Roger said you just have to get used to it. I towed a 1300kg Sprite with a Subaru Forester 150bhp non turbo. It was well within the car's 2000kg limit but with CVT autobox it was forever going up in revs as I touched the throttle. It wasn't bought for towing, so I changed it . But more modern petrols with a turbo have very good torque low down and my recommendation would be not to have a CVT box. Go manual or torque convertor or twin clutch options.

 

[GaryB]

Yes, various cars up to the end of the 90's (Vauxhall Omega, Mercedes 190E, Volvo 940 and more), then switched to diesels as they were cheaper to run, but recently used a petrol Volvo V90 and now a petrol hybrid Audi A6.

Folks get hung up on "diesel only" when looking at towing, but with the price delta between petrol and diesel there's not really a lot of difference price-wise (depending on your mileage).

 

[Beachball]

We use to own a Madza 626 1.8 GXI 5 door and Sprite Alpine and we had no problems and like someone else newer cars with a turbo have good torque just take it steady, until you get use to it .