Front wheel Drive vehicle for towing?

What price range are you looking at? We use a VW Touareg TDI and it's a good tow vehicle for a 19' trailer like the one in my sig. It's also small enough to park anywhere when used as a daily driver, is great in snow, and is quite fun to drive with all that torque. It's expensive though -- way more than a V6 front-drive anything. The Jeep Grand Cherokee diesel is another choise that is similar, and Mercedes has one too.

Unibody is not a problem if the vehicle is rated to tow with adequate tongue weight carrying capacity.

Note that with any smaller SUV you will be very close to allowable tongue weight and payload for the vehicle, so it's a compromise that may or may not work out for you depending on what you put in the vehicle while towing and how you load in the front of the trailer. We put EVERYTHING in the trailer and just have our 2 dogs in the back, which add up to about 375 lbs of people and dogs in the vehicle.

Do you mean the Nissan Armada? It is RWD with a V8.

The Arcadia is a GMC crossover. It is FWD or AWD.

FWDs can tow, but you have to ensure a correct hitch setup. One note about the Arcadia...The transmission is tuned for fuel economy, so it hunts really bad when towing. I had to help two different owners who burned up their transmissions towing just small utility trailers.


My first pick for a 19' trailer would be an EcoBoost Ford Flex. The AWD system can apply 100% torque to the rear axle as needed, and more important: 2-turbos!

Thank you for the information!!!!!!! Any suggestions for a V8 SUV? Need an SUV because we have three dogs.. One is 85 lbs.

Regards and thank you again!!!!:)

FJP800 wrote:
My wife and I are looking to purchase a vehicle to tow a trailer camper + or - 19 feet. There are a number of front wheel 6 cylinder..300+hp cars..which have a tow rating of over 5,000lbs... Example: Nissan Arcadia.. and I would like to know if there are any problems with using a front wheel car for towing? My wife and I are new at this and need some direction. We plan to travel through out the United States...Not during the winter months...If any of you are suing a front wheel drive vehicle... Any problems? Thank you in advance!!!

Not a good plan! First off it would be a uni-body vehicle and would not be rated for a weight distribution hitch.

Second unloading weight from the front axle would cause traction issues.

Chris

I have never sued a car before, so can't help you there. Never pulled with a FWD either, but can't readily see any reason not to. I say check the ratings and try it. It will be interesting to see how it works for you.