Ford Kuga 1.5t petrol tow car?

GNK2018
GNK2018 Forum Participant Posts: 4
edited June 2018 in Towcars & Towing #1

Hi we have the opportunity to acquire a petrol Kuga with 1.5t petrol engine 180bhp 240nm torque and auto box.

Was wondering if anyone tows with one and if you all believe it would tow our 1440kg sterling Eccles easy enough without problems. Obviously bhp is plenty but the torque figures could be better?

 

thanks.

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  • lornalou1
    lornalou1 Forum Participant Posts: 2,169
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    edited June 2018 #2

    should pull it ok but the fuel bill will be horrendous. diesel every time. 2lt as well.

  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited June 2018 #3

    We had via a "mistake" a 2ltr petrol  Kia Sportage and although on paper it was powerful enough,it had no low down grunt of a diesel and 19mpg  and when towing ,we have now a 2ltr diesel of the same car and it is fine  with 29-31mpg when towing

    Ps they are both automatics 

  • DerekAndSusan
    DerekAndSusan Forum Participant Posts: 74
    edited June 2018 #4

    In December 2017 we replaced our diesel Skoda Yeti with a 1.5 150bhp petrol Kuga manual 6 speed to pull our Sprite Alpine 4 and are perfectly satisfied with the result.  It returns between 20 and 24 mpg when towing depending on terrain, but as we've only just done a total of 2000 miles in her she's still loosening up and I'm expecting the mpg to gradually improve, though obviously not to diesel levels.  We took the decision that now we're no longer working and not using the car every day we would have more problems keeping the dpf in a diesel healthy as most of our mileage is local running around we are better served with a petrol motor.

    To date we have towed over 700 miles with her and she is proving to be an excellent tow car with plenty of power to pull our Caravan.

  • norab
    norab Forum Participant Posts: 64
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    edited June 2018 #5

    I have just change to a Kuga titanium diesel . Automatic I’m finding it very heavy on fuel . I would like to do a test on miles per gallon / litre but not sure how to work this out .

    I am more than happy with how it tows, it does tow very well though .

  • commeyras
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    edited June 2018 #6

    Norab.  Fill tank to very top.  After say 200 miles refill to very top and make a note of miles covered.  Divide miles by fuel used and that is your answer.  Example 200 miles used 6 gals = 333 mpg.  (1 gal = 4.546 ltr)

  • lornalou1
    lornalou1 Forum Participant Posts: 2,169
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    edited June 2018 #7

    have I read the example right. 333mpg think the decimal point has been missed out. laughing

  • commeyras
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    edited June 2018 #8

    Well spotted lornalou though I'm sure I typed the decimal point obviously I didn'tfrown.  Yes, of course it should be 33.3 mpg.

  • norab
    norab Forum Participant Posts: 64
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    edited June 2018 #9

    Thank you everyone I have filled today and will check . 

     

  • trevtp
    trevtp Forum Participant Posts: 7
    edited June 2018 #10

    JVB I have never got anything like your MPG from my 2ltr Sportage when towing. More like 24-25 maybe I drive too hard.

    Norab please let us know your results as the Kuga is on my short list and my partner will be using it as her run around.

  • Freddy55
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    edited June 2018 #11

    This may or may not be useful to you. We bought our 2.0L TD (180) Mk 2 Kuga last September. On average we get around 35 mpg around town (solo), 25-28 mpg towing (mixed) and on a motorway keeping to around 60 mph we got 52 mpg (solo) using cruise control. It pulls the caravan easily.

    These numbers won’t be relevant if you have a heavy right foot wink

  • TonyBurton
    TonyBurton Forum Participant Posts: 269
    edited July 2018 #12

    My 2.0 tdi Kuga is a great tow car. 28-32 mpg depending on what I'm doing with my right foot. But most caravans were towed by petrol cars 20 years ago. 180BHP? just go for it! Derek & Sue have the right idea.

  • GNK2018
    GNK2018 Forum Participant Posts: 4
    edited July 2018 #13

    Thanks everyone for their input. In the end that deal wasn’t right for us. We average 15-20k miles a year and the fuel costs would have been quite a lot.

    Have ended up choosing. A VW Sharan 2.0 150bhp diesel that we think will fit the bill for us. Towing capacity of 2200kg so more than enough for our 1440kg tourer.

     

  • trevmaster
    trevmaster Forum Participant Posts: 2
    edited December 2018 #14

    We want a Kuga but not really a diesel. Does anyone run a petrol version? Advice wanted.

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