Guides and tips on towing capacity, caravans and trailers.
Instant torque, helpful weight, vanishing electric range: what a plug-in hybrid is really worth with a caravan behind.
Stability, penalties, insurance: the three fronts where an overload is paid for, and how to know where you stand.
The towing test has gone, the skills have not: what a voluntary trailer training day covers and how to judge one.
Speed limits, equipment, tolls, insurance: how to prepare a trip abroad with a caravan without nasty surprises.
Stability, capacity, payload, consumption: an honest comparison of the two body styles, criterion by criterion.
Why newton metres count for more than horsepower, and how to read the torque band on a spec sheet.
Too much or too little: why this quiet figure drives the stability of the whole outfit, and how to measure it at home.
Gross vehicle weight minus kerbweight: the sum that decides your holiday, and everything that quietly eats the margin.
What the December 2021 change did to towing entitlement, and the vehicle limits that did not move an inch.
Where the 85 per cent guideline comes from, what it really buys you in stability and why it replaces no legal limit.
The weight fields of the logbook decoded line by line, and the three sums that follow for safe towing.
Why a spec sheet always gives two towing figures, which one applies to your trailer and how to avoid reading the wrong one.
On the same car, the gearbox radically changes the towing experience. Torque converter, dual clutch, CVT, manual : what really matters depending on your use.
From the Dacia Duster to the BMW X1 and X2, the compact SUVs that can really tow, sorted by budget and by engine, with the method to choose without getting it wrong.
Limits change when you tow. What to know so you are not caught out, at home and abroad.
Towing capacity, safety margin, the 85% rule and licence: the practical guide to choosing a car that can really pull your caravan with no nasty surprise.
Ten two-minute checks that prevent trouble: hitch, lights, tyres, load, mirrors.
Snaking is rightly scary. How a stabiliser damps it, and above all what it does not replace.
The real difference between 7 and 13 pin, and which one you need for a trailer or a caravan.
Towbar type, type approval, wiring, professional or DIY fit: the essentials before you start.
Loading decides stability as much as total weight. Where to put the load, the noseweight rule, the mistakes to avoid.
Towing with an EV is possible and even pleasant, but range drops sharply. What to plan before you set off.
Category B, training, entitlements: what you are allowed to tow with your licence, explained clearly.
Three weights that decide what you can tow. Explained jargon free, with where to read them on your papers.
The simple formula, the figures to note and the method to know in two minutes what your car can really tow.
