Mazda 2 towed

eheading wrote:
I am surprised that you found the Nissan Versa with standard transmission as not towable. We had a 2013 standard Versa that was very towable, and said so in our manual. I was under the impression that all standard trans. Nissan's were towable. Our manual said when towing, make sure the transmission is in neutral, and stop to idle the engine for 2 minutes every 500 miles.

Now we are actually towing a standard transmission Mini Cooper Roadster with manual transmission. Mini does not recommend towing that, but Blue Ox has baseplates for it, and an number of people are towing them with no problems. (we just purchased ours and so have only towed it for about 250 miles so far)

As far as towing FWD cars, there are a number of cars that are definitely towable, including a number of Fords and GM products.

Ed Headington

I was surprised also Ed, I really thought it would make a great tow car. Usually the salesmen will say anything to make a sale. I test drove another tow car and really liked it it was the new Toyota scion IA, 2300 lbs, 42 mpg, 6 speed std transmission, same issue they were all confused about its ability to be flat towed even though it was a standard transmission. After a week of back and forth and not seeing it specified in the manual I got a call from the service mgr saying it could probably be flat towed but Toyota would not warranty it. Why take a chance on a brand new car.