C70 incrediebly light!

andy72 · Jul 25th, 2011, 09:51

when i bought my C70, it was as a second car for my work trips (and something to polish etc) so my wife could have full use of our family car, an Audi A3 sportback.

The Audi is very underpowered for our van being a 1.6 petrol, even though the van is only 1050 fully laden.

I bought the C70 as i thought Volvos, especially the bigger ones made fantastic tow cars.

I was quite suprised to find that my 2.4T X plate C70 only weighs 1448kg( only 200kg more than my little audi!), meaning an 85% match of around 1250kgs.

That 1250kgs means im well within our current vans range, but its an old 1991 thing and will get replaced in the next year or two.

There arent many modern vans, that are 4 berth that fall under 1250max laden these days, and thats towing with a big Volvo.

Quite suprised. What does everyone else tow and how does it compare with the 85% recommended match? I see loads of smaller mondeos and the like towing much newer/bigger vans than we have

PS, how does the 2.4T tow generally (even in 850 form) compared to a diesel?

Jul 25th, 2011, 09:51	#1
andy72 Senior Member Last Online: May 14th, 2013 14:44 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Newcastle	C70 incrediebly light! when i bought my C70, it was as a second car for my work trips (and something to polish etc) so my wife could have full use of our family car, an Audi A3 sportback. The Audi is very underpowered for our van being a 1.6 petrol, even though the van is only 1050 fully laden. I bought the C70 as i thought Volvos, especially the bigger ones made fantastic tow cars. I was quite suprised to find that my 2.4T X plate C70 only weighs 1448kg( only 200kg more than my little audi!), meaning an 85% match of around 1250kgs. That 1250kgs means im well within our current vans range, but its an old 1991 thing and will get replaced in the next year or two. There arent many modern vans, that are 4 berth that fall under 1250max laden these days, and thats towing with a big Volvo. Quite suprised. What does everyone else tow and how does it compare with the 85% recommended match? I see loads of smaller mondeos and the like towing much newer/bigger vans than we have PS, how does the 2.4T tow generally (even in 850 form) compared to a diesel? __________________

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)