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Old 06-10-2015, 02:29 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Its pretty much all here.

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...uck-25485.html

There are pictures of air cooled VW towing stuff, Honda civic pulling a utility trailer, a link to a Camaro with a full float axle off a 3/4 ton pickup.

This is kind of useful:
Tow Ratings Database - Tow Vehicle Ratings | Camping Life Magazine

I also found towing data base for euro limits. I noticed the euro spec and US spec versions of the same cars usually had the same tow ratings.
But one thing they do over there is they will put a trailer brake controller on a car, and run a trailer with brake axle which usually doubled the towing limit for most vehicles.

But you also have to watch out. I saw an article a few years ago about how the ford excape hybrid really shouldn't be used to tow anything.
Turns out you can tow with it, as long as you don't try to back up with a trailer on it. Ford in their infinite wisdom didn't put a reverse gear in the auto transmission, they used the electric motor for backing up and they made it just strong enough to back up the vehicle and that's it.
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