Looking At Towing My Car And Car Trailor On A 2005 Hiace 2.7 Petrol

[falky929]

hey guys

looking at buying a toyota hiace 2005 2.7 petrol for a daily and tow car was wondering how it would tow towing my track car and car trailor all up in weight would be 1900kg

looking at a hiace for the simple fact is so i can lock everything up and have room to put all my tools in

it says on the net it rated to tow 1400kg but atm i have a vr v6 3.8ltr thats done lots of km station wagon thats only rated at 1590kg tow load

so was wondering if the van would tow pretty much as good as my wagon does

has any one else tryed this before with there vans

[mad082]

tow rating has little to do with the power of the vehicle. it has to do with what the chassis will handle, as well as gearbox and sometimes brakes (on newer cars). for example, a toyota corolla (which according to the specs weighs 1325kg) has a 1300kg towing capacity (braked, unbraked is 450kg). that is a car with 100kw.

long story short, no the van won't tow as well as the wagon does. it has less power and much less torque.

[falky929]

tow rating has little to do with the power of the vehicle. it has to do with what the chassis will handle, as well as gearbox and sometimes brakes (on newer cars). for example, a toyota corolla (which according to the specs weighs 1325kg) has a 1300kg towing capacity (braked, unbraked is 450kg). that is a car with 100kw.

long story short, no the van won't tow as well as the wagon does. it has less power and much less torque.

between the van and commo isnt to much less in power only 15kw less and about 40nm of torque between the both of them plus my wagons old and the motors probley tired because its done over 290 000km where the vans pretty new and only done 100 000km

[warps]

The van is rated to 1400kg, yet you want to tow 1900kg. Not legally possible. Just know that your insurance is null and void if you exceed the towing capacity.

There's a lot more to towing capacity than power. My pathfinder is the least powerful car I've towed with in the last 15 years but it's by far the best suited (and funnily enough has the highest tow rating).