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Can an Audi Q7 tow
a Jayco Australia Starcraft?

4L (TDI V6 / V8) (2006), checked figure by figure.

Yes

The Jayco Australia Starcraft's published ATM of 2,611kg sits 889kg under the Audi Q7's 3,500kg braked towing rating.

Braked towing ratingThe Audi Q7, manufacturer published
3,500kg
Towball ratingThe Audi Q7, our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating
350kg
ATMThe Jayco Australia Starcraft, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
2,611kg
Ball weightThe Jayco Australia Starcraft, manufacturer published
160kg

Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings, apart from the towball rating, which is our estimate.

Yes, this pairing is inside the published ratings

The Q7 has a towing capacity of 3,500kg, which comfortably handles the Starcraft (2,611kg).

This is a guide off published figures, not a compliance check.The legal numbers are the compliance plates on your car and the van. Weigh the loaded rig at a public weighbridge to know for sure, then read the ticket.

A towing rating on its own rarely settles a pairing. What decides it for the Audi Q7 and the Jayco Australia Starcraft is the published figures taken together: the weight the caravan carries when it is loaded, the weight it puts on the towball, and the combined limit the car holds for both of them at once.

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Audi Q7

4L (TDI V6 / V8) (2006)

Specs apply to 2006-2015 models
Tow capacity3,500kg
Ball weight limitOur estimate at 10% of tow capacity350kg
GCM6,500kg

Jayco Australia Starcraft

Starting from $93,700

Starcraft
ATM (max weight)2,611kg
Ball weight160kg
View caravan details

Always check your compliance plate

Online databases use factory-standard specs. They don't know about your bullbar (adds weight), suspension upgrades (can change GCM), or how much you're carrying.

How to find it

Open your passenger or driver door. Look for a silver or black metal plate riveted to the pillar. This plate overrides everything you read online.

Why the numbers move once you load up

The figure most often left out of the sum is payload, which is everything you add after the vehicles leave the factory.

  • • Bullbar and winch: both add weight to the front of the car, and it comes out of your payload.
  • • Passengers: everyone in the car comes out of its payload, not just the driver.
  • • Tow ball mass: this comes out of your car's payload, not just your towing limit.

Always weigh your rig fully loaded.

Where to get it weighed, and what the ticket tells you.

This pairing works - now get the required safety gear

Since this pairing sits inside the published ratings, ensure you have the required safety gear. Mirrors and a brake controller are mandatory in Australia for this weight.

Towing mirrors

Legally required when the van is wider than your car

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Brake controllers

Mandatory for trailers over 750kg GTM

See options →

Weight distribution hitch

Keeps the rig level and steering weight on the front axle

See options →

Not sure which brake controller suits your car, or whether it already has one built in? Read the brake controller guide

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Treat this as a guide off published figures, not a compliance check.The legal numbers are the compliance plates on your car and the van, and where we do not hold a published ball weight we estimate it at 10% of ATM.Weigh the loaded rig at a public weighbridge to know for sure, then read the ticket.

Where the published weights sit close together, how you pack changes what the scales say. Heavy items ride best low down and over the caravan's axles, and whatever sits on the towball is carried by the car rather than by the van.