Best Tow Vehicle

The 2014 Fiat is only towable if it has a manual transmission. If this is what you want, then you are fine. It can't be towed 4 wheels down with an automatic tranny.

2014 Towable dinghys

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Hi,

What is on your wish list?

A certain weight limit?

Automatic transmission that is towable 4 wheels down?

All wheel drive - or is front wheel drive fine?

I have a all wheel drive Ford Edge that is set up for 4 wheels down towing, and I like it. It has lots of power, I am 6'4" and fit in the front or back seat fine! It has room for a fold up wheelchair in the back, and seats a total of 5. It is a rare car that can hold 3 car seats in the back. Most can only fit 2 car seats, unless you find some really skinny car seats.

The Edge is 4,200 pounds, much more than the Fiat. It also has a great safety rating, in fact a survey of all cars in 2009 that where built from 2005 to 2008 showed that no drivers died in accidents in a Ford Edge or 4 other cars. Some had as many as 87 deaths per 100,000 cars produced, and some more or less than that amount. Even the larger pickups, like a 3/4 ton Chevy truck had 127 deaths per 100,000 vehicles.

I know that if I was going to be in a accident, I would rather be driving my Edge than the Kia Rio that my wife picked out. . . Yet the Kia saves me $200 a month in fuel driving 50 miles round trip daily! So there is some trade off's.

Fred.

I also sometimes tow a dune buggy. Not this one, but it is a picture of a dune buggy.

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/cto/4640807700.html



Fred.

Does the Hyundai Elantra 6-speed still rack up miles on the odometer while bring flat towed?

Well from doing a limited survey in about 40 campgrounds this summer the CR-V is probably number one followed by Jeep everything else is a distant third.
Bill