tow car suitability

Charlie brown
Charlie brown Forum Participant Posts: 11
edited August 2016 in Towcars & Towing #1

At present I own a volvo v70 se lux geartronic 215 bhp. I am thinking of changing to the v70 d4 181 bhp geartronic has any body towed with this vechicle and if so whar are your thoughts. my worry is towsafe say because the car is less powerfull it will put
more strain on the car. Mt caravan is a Pegasus 554 fully laden weight is aprox 1450. Help please.

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  • Charlie brown
    Charlie brown Forum Participant Posts: 11
    edited August 2016 #2

    Hi again the Volvo V70 D4 is lighter than the D5.

  • pagan8c
    pagan8c Forum Participant Posts: 91
    edited August 2016 #3

    I believe the D4 is still capable of towing 1800 KGs anyway which is well over your Bailey weight. Personally I wouldn't worry. Do you intend to keep the car for a long time? I have just ordered a New V90 with the D4 engine (the new 2litre engine) and that will be towing my Swift 580 which has a laden weight of 1550 and I am not worried. It still has 400 NM of torque which is only 40 NM down from the 215 engine in my XC70 I have at the moment. Plus it has the new 8 speed auto box which I am looking forward to using.

  • Charlie brown
    Charlie brown Forum Participant Posts: 11
    edited August 2016 #4

    Hi Pagan8c

    Thanks for the info ,I have plumped for an XC70 SE LUX 215 AWD geartronic . The new v90 is to me not as practical as we have 3 labradors.

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