Can a Subaru Forester tow
an Adria Altea?
SH (2.0L Diesel) (2008), checked against published figures.
Close to the limits
The Adria Altea's published ATM of 1,600kg exactly matches the Subaru Forester's braked towing rating.
- Braked towing ratingThe Subaru Forester, manufacturer published
- 1,600kg
- Towball ratingThe Subaru Forester, our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating
- 160kg
- ATMThe Adria Altea, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 1,600kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings, apart from the towball rating, which is our estimate.
Inside the published limits, and close to them
At its published ATM, the Adria Altea sits exactly on what the Subaru Forester is rated to tow, with no margin left.
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Important checks
- This check used an estimated ball weight for the Adria Altea - 10% of its ATM rather than a published figure. Check the van's compliance plate before you rely on it.
- The towball limit we hold for the Subaru Forester is our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating. Check the compliance plate or the owner's manual for the Subaru Forester's own figure before you rely on this check.
This is a guide off the makers' published figures.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.
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Towing weights are enforced against the plates on the two vehicles. The comparison above puts the Adria Altea's published weights next to the Subaru Forester's published ratings, so you know which numbers to look for on those plates.
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Subaru Forester
SH (2.0L Diesel) (2008)
Adria Altea
Price on application
Always check your compliance plate
Online databases use factory-standard specs. They do not know about the bullbar on your car, a suspension upgrade, or how much you are carrying. Each one changes your real limits.
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, including the driver, comes out of its payload.
- • Ball weight: the weight the van puts on the towball comes out of your car's payload as well as its towing limit.
Work out what this van is allowed to carry, then check the figures before you pack it.
Always weigh your rig fully loaded.
This pairing is inside the published ratings, with not much room left.
Gear for a van close to your limits
The published weights sit close together here. A weight distribution hitch moves some of the towball load onto the car's front axle, which is where the ball weight takes it from.
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This is a guide off the makers' published figures.The legal numbers are the compliance plates on your car and the van. 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.