New 30ft Trailer Towing Experience
Picked up our 2016 Sunset Trail 270BH from Manteca and towed it back to Reno using our 2014 Toyota Sequoia Platinum with 113t P rated Michelin LTX Defenders aired up to 42psi (max 44) and an Equalizer...
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You all are thinking purely for yourselves and not the market.
Not only is the excursion and big old suburban gone, but even the expeditions, tahoes, explorers, etc, are becoming more like cars - tow ratings, payloads, etc are going DOWN. Curb weights are going DOWN. Solid axles are turning to full independent front/rear suspensions.
And guess what? Mileages are up 30% and sales are up even more than that.
Asking an automaker to build an SUV targeted at a towing segment would get you a bunch of laughs. Crossovers are all the rage right now, and the domestic manufacturers are busy trying to appeal to families that are trying to buy large crossovers or minivans.
Basically, everyone wants "car-like" SUVs now. Everyone else can just get a truck (since, let's face it - the new interiors are more like luxury european vehicles anyways).
I mean I'm with you all - but the market is the polar opposite of what it was when the excursion was king.
In other news - while the domestic SUV kings have dropped their tow ratings to ~6500lbs, the new aluminum-tech land rover discovery bumped the tow rating up to 8200lbs. Some of the towing technology in that (and LR4) is really cool.
I know it's blasphemy to talk of european tow rigs, but the LRs are no joke. :)
The old Touareg V10 turbo diesel would have been fun too! ...till you need to pull the engine to change the alternator.
Not only is the excursion and big old suburban gone, but even the expeditions, tahoes, explorers, etc, are becoming more like cars - tow ratings, payloads, etc are going DOWN. Curb weights are going DOWN. Solid axles are turning to full independent front/rear suspensions.
And guess what? Mileages are up 30% and sales are up even more than that.
Asking an automaker to build an SUV targeted at a towing segment would get you a bunch of laughs. Crossovers are all the rage right now, and the domestic manufacturers are busy trying to appeal to families that are trying to buy large crossovers or minivans.
Basically, everyone wants "car-like" SUVs now. Everyone else can just get a truck (since, let's face it - the new interiors are more like luxury european vehicles anyways).
I mean I'm with you all - but the market is the polar opposite of what it was when the excursion was king.
In other news - while the domestic SUV kings have dropped their tow ratings to ~6500lbs, the new aluminum-tech land rover discovery bumped the tow rating up to 8200lbs. Some of the towing technology in that (and LR4) is really cool.
I know it's blasphemy to talk of european tow rigs, but the LRs are no joke. :)
The old Touareg V10 turbo diesel would have been fun too! ...till you need to pull the engine to change the alternator.
