horton333 wrote:Skelshy wrote:
I don't think vehicles are underrated. Some engineering must go into making sure the entire vehicle performs well. I hope it does, this would be a significant opportunity if you want an SUV and tow a smaller trailer.
So is SRT300, one of the most powerful cars on the planet and a solid towing platform when properly setup, really capable of only 0 pounds towing? No typo, 0. That's just an extreme but it's not the only absurdity by far. There are several places I have seen lists of identical cars rated in Europe and North America, 2 and 3 times the tow capability in Europe was typical and the overwhelming number of vehicles I saw on the road towing my last time to Wales would have been at double, or my more, the rated capacity of those cars in N/A. The same trend is there with smaller suvs, not as absurdly as customers do look at that spec. It's only the larger vehicles where engineering gets the upper hand in tow ratings, and sometimes even then there are some obvious discrepancies. Anyway, for those think there is substance to small vehicle tow ratings this is an opportunity, and as I alluded I'd hope other manufacturers will put out more honest ratings, but I expect to be disappointed given the hugely higher profit margins on larger vehicles and the lack of competition in the domestic market for the issue.
