Best towing vehicles for best MPGs
What are some of the best current and past trucks/suv that allow for maximum MPGs when towing (for either smaller or larger TTs)?
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NinerBikes wrote:
2013 VW Touareg Common Rail Diesel TDI Sport AWD full time, with 8 speed Aisin Transmission.
33-36 MPG highway interstate at 65-70 mph
16.5 to 19.5 MPG towing about 4400# wet of 21 foot Palomino Gazelle G210 Travel trailer at 55-58 MPH. MPG's are consistent in summer time, towing from Southern California to Yellowstone, or Montana on the Madison river. 4 years running.
Before you question my numbers, call me a liar, or say I am full of bullcr*p, here's a Log of every mile and every fillup.
I won't say you are any of that, but I will say you are a a significant road hazard if you are truly only towing at a max of 58 MPH on any freeway, especially outside of California.
I just got back from a trip to Moab and I tried to keep it around 70 because of the 65 MPH max limit on my trailer tires, and I was getting passed by every vehicle known to man in rural Idaho and Utah. I had semis with oversized loads blowing past me through Salt Lake when I still had the cruise set at 70. When the speed limit for everyone, including semis, is 80 MPH and you're traveling at 55 MPH, you're creating a dangerous situation for yourself and those around you.
If speed limits stay at 75 to 80 in the rural parts of the US, I can foresee minimum speeds being set to 65, and I'd fully support it.
