Hyundai Tucson 2015 - Happy to report...

SteveDunwell
SteveDunwell Forum Participant Posts: 2
edited October 2017 in Towcars & Towing #1

First trip out this weekend with our new outfit, a Hyundai Tucson 2015 2.0 Blue drive NavSE (manual) towing our Coachman Vision 520/4 (c 1400kg).

I have to say I was highly impressed.  Towing up to the legal limit was effortless and it purrs along in 6th gear returning 31mpg on a combination of motorway and A road driving, including a big, long hill which I had to drop down to 4th due to slower traffic.  The car has tons of grunt and acceleration, which quickly allows you to join motorways easily, etc.

The ride was a little soft, but thats probably more to do with a relatively light loading on this trip.

The Tucson is a great tow vehicle, and has such luxuries as a proper spare wheel/tyre instead of the damned spacesaver, or god forbid, a repair kit.  The fixed swan neck towball doesnt interfere with the reversing sensors, and the reversing camera makes hitching up a doddle.  And the fuel economy is great too!

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  • lornalou1
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    edited October 2017 #2

    a fairly good match if you car is the 2 wheel drive 134bhp model is about 80% match. be careful of weight in the van as this will soon change as your vehicle is quite a light one at approx. 1780kg. these figures are not spot on by the way but very close.

  • Cornersteady
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    edited October 2017 #3

    Good to hear, our small Hyundai (now passed to my second daughter) is 10 years old and done over 110,000 miles.  

  • SteveDunwell
    SteveDunwell Forum Participant Posts: 2
    edited October 2017 #4

    yes, I wasnt too worried about it being over the 85% guidance as I have been towing for 30 years.  But thanks for the feedback.

  • xtrailman
    xtrailman Forum Participant Posts: 559
    edited October 2017 #5

    1780kg isn't light anyway.

    I would happly tow my 1700kg caravan with the Tucson with the high powered 2L engine.

    I already tow 1700mtplm with a 1703kg car.

  • lornalou1
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    edited October 2017 #6

    xtrailman. thats about 99.8% tow match so you must be a very experienced tower but put anything extra in the van and you would be towing illegally surely. i was lead to believe the car cannot be lighter than the van????

  • EmilysDad
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    edited October 2017 #7

    100% plus is not illegal if you're still within the gross train weight (& car or caravan isn't over loaded)

  • lornalou1
    lornalou1 Forum Participant Posts: 2,169
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    edited October 2017 #8

    WOW. still a lot to learn about this towing lark. haha.

  • Grant705
    Grant705 Forum Participant Posts: 164
    edited October 2017 #9

    It may be legal but is it wise?

  • EmilysDad
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    edited October 2017 #10

    That's Sergeant Wilson's line ...... wink

    The question was about legality ..... not about being wise. cool

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