I'm looking for a towing vehicle for a large caravan; around 2,000kg MAM.
There are some obvious contenders such as Land/Range Rovers, pick-up trucks and the like but there are also a range of large powerful vehicles such as people carriers and estate cars. BMW X5 and Mercedes M Series look plusher options.
To work out which cars are suitable, I need some key weights.
(1) Maximum towing weight
(2) Maximum train weight
(3) Kerb weight
(4) Gross Vehicle Weight
The starting point (obviously) is that it must be able to tow at least
2,000 kg.To meet the Caravan Club (and others) recommendation for the MAM of the caravan to be 85% of the kerb weight of the towing vehicle I would need a kerb weight of around 2,350kg.
I've searched on line and looked in a couple of car buying magazines (Parkers and What Car) and although they have dimensions and MPG and the like, they don't seem to have the weights.
I can generally work back from a vehicle to the relevant weights but I would like to be able to put together a list of, say, all vehicles which weigh over 2.2 metric tonnes and can tow over 2 metric tonnes without having to research each individual vehicle to rule it in/out.
Anyone know of a good on line or paper resource?
Cheers
Dave R