flat towing a toad

Here are Motorhome Magazine's Dinghy Guides. You can check out which cars are towable with which features. Many years available.
https://www.motorhome.com/download-dinghy-guides

Before making your final decision to purchase a particular vehicle, make sure to look in the vehicle's owners manual under "recreational towing", not road service towing.

We love our Suzuki Grand Vitara. It's a relatively small SUV.

Lwiddis wrote:
What is the motorhome’s maximum tow weight?

Absolutely the correct starting place.

Choosing a great toad that exceeds your coach's hitch OR GCWR would be the wrong choice.

So, after consulting your owners manual or coach manufacturer, let us know so we do not suggest a 5,200 pound toad if you have a 4,000 pound limit.

We tow a 13 Explorer. Very easy to tow. Just put the trans in N and your all set. No fuses to pull or anything.
A Ford Edge is just as easy!
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Look into a Jeep Cherokee with the proper T-case (it will have a N position). I’m sure there are others but these are what I know.

Go to the RoadMaster or Blue Ox WEB Sites and see what vehicles they make Base Plates for and then you will know if what you want to tow is even towable. Not all versions of a vehicle are towable due to different engine/transmission/transfer case combinations installed. When I purchased my 2019 Jeep Cherokee I had to be very careful when I ordered to get a version with the Active Drive II or it was not towable. The Chevy Equinox was also on the list that I could tow without exceeding my hitch capacity. Unfortunately I could not order it the way I wanted it with out other junk I would not have in a car of mine. The Jeep also was not exactly what I wanted but the best I could do given my weight limits and the need for AWD/4WD. I really wanted a Toyota/Honda or Subaru but none of the new ones with an Automatic are towable. Good luck in your quest and I understand that Ford now has some vehicles that are towable that were not available when I ordered in January 2019.

What is the motorhome’s maximum tow weight?

We have a 2011 CRV that my wife loves and it tows very easy. Newer CRV's are not tow-able - I forget the year when it changed. 2015??

If you can find a 2011 HHR, it is an ideal toad. light, easy to connect and disconnect, fun to drive. But for some stupid reason, they quit making them.

We opted to have a nice vehicle to drive when not being towed, so went with a Cadillac 2015 SRX front wheel drive. Tows great, very easy to make ready, no fuses to pull.

Ed C wrote:
We have towed a lot of Jeeps and all worked well. A Colorado or Ranger would work too.

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The Chevy Equinox is a very popular suv toad. I see a lot of them . Both front wheel drive and all wheel drive Models can still be towed 4 down. Priced more reasonably.