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Can a Kia Carnival tow
an Avan Campers Caravans & Motorhomes Ray Pop Top?

YP / KA4 (Diesel) (2015), checked figure by figure.

Close to the limits

The Avan Campers Caravans & Motorhomes Ray Pop Top's published ATM of 1,930kg sits 70kg under the Kia Carnival's 2,000kg braked towing rating.

Braked towing ratingThe Kia Carnival, manufacturer published
2,000kg
Towball ratingThe Kia Carnival, our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating
200kg
ATMThe Avan Campers Caravans & Motorhomes Ray Pop Top, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
1,930kg
Ball weightThe Avan Campers Caravans & Motorhomes Ray Pop Top, manufacturer published
125kg

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

Possible, but close to the limits

Loaded to its published ATM, the Avan Campers Caravans & Motorhomes Ray Pop Top uses all but 70kg of what the Kia Carnival is rated to tow, so there is little room left for what you pack.

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.

Towing weights are enforced against the plates on the vehicles, never against a brochure. What the comparison above gives you is the Avan Campers Caravans & Motorhomes Ray Pop Top's published weights next to the Kia Carnival's published ratings, so you know which numbers to look for on the plates themselves.

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Kia Carnival

YP / KA4 (Diesel) (2015)

Specs apply to 2015-2025 models
Tow capacity2,000kg
Ball weight limitOur estimate at 10% of tow capacity200kg
GCM4,985kg

Avan Campers Caravans & Motorhomes Ray Pop Top

Starting from $35,000

Ray Pop Top
ATM (max weight)1,930kg
Ball weight125kg
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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 is inside the published ratings, with not much room left.

Improve your stability

The published weights sit close together here. A weight distribution hitch spreads some of the towball load onto the car's front axle, which is what the ball weight takes off it.

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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.

Published specifications are the starting point rather than the finish line. The numbers that decide anything are the ones your own loaded rig puts on the scales.