Kerb weight and GVW of vehicles - one source? X-Post

David · 2016-10-25T16:28:03+00:00

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

Oct 25, 2016 25 Replies

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news 9 years ago

Yes it's actually 2040kg to qualify and anything with 4WD qualifies as well as panel vans with seats and load space as long as they satisfy criteria such as windows and that 1/3 length of vehicle interior is transverse seating.

RR sport is a car and I wouldn't be at all surprised if it didn't qualify as a DPV because of weight. We had one at work that was heavily abused towing plant trailers until the driver boiled it dry at

330k miles.

DPV is only really useful for pickups and 4WD commercials to allow for higher speed limits on dual carriageways, plus more available MOT stations.

AJH

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MrCheerful 9 years ago

X5 is rather useless in mud.

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David 9 years ago

You know that they will be right eventually :-)

Stopped clock etc.

Cheers

Dave R

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The Natural Philosopher 9 years ago

Actually I read the express daily, and te biggest laugh is their weather forecast. In the last 6 months wee have had predictions of the worst cold/hot/rain/wind/snow what evah at least half a dozen times. Meanwhile the weather has remained boringly normal.

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Vir Campestris 9 years ago

I suspect you'll do better with winter tyres than 4WD. Sadly they don't make them for my car - odd wheel size.

Andy

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David 9 years ago

Planning on winter tyres (or M&S) and 4 wheel drive.

At the moment I am lusting after a VW Touareg, Version 2.

Cheers

Dave R

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