Can a Volkswagen Arteon tow
a Crusader Caravans CRV?
206TSI / Shooting Brake (2017), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.
Close to the limits
The Crusader Caravans CRV's published ATM of 2,200kg exactly matches the Volkswagen Arteon's braked towing rating.
At a ball weight of 10% of ATM, which is an estimate rather than a published figure, the Crusader Caravans CRV would sit above the Volkswagen Arteon's 90kg towball rating. Ask the manufacturer for the published ball weight.
- Braked towing ratingThe Volkswagen Arteon, manufacturer published
- 2,200kg
- Towball ratingThe Volkswagen Arteon, manufacturer published
- 90kg
- ATMThe Crusader Caravans CRV, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 2,200kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.
Possible, but close to the limits
Loaded to its published ATM, the Crusader Caravans CRV uses all but 0kg of what the Volkswagen Arteon is rated to tow, so there is little room left for what you pack.
Important checks
- At an estimated ball weight of 220kg, which is 10% of ATM rather than a published figure, the Crusader Caravans CRV would put 130kg more on the towball than the Volkswagen Arteon is rated to carry.
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.
The figures above are the Volkswagen Arteon's and the Crusader Caravans CRV's as their makers publish them, set against each other the same way an inspector would: loaded weight against braked towing rating, ball weight against towball rating.
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Volkswagen Arteon
206TSI / Shooting Brake (2017)
Crusader Caravans CRV
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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.
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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Other caravans a Volkswagen Arteon can tow
Every van here sits inside this car's published ratings, or close to them.
Other cars that can tow the Crusader Caravans CRV
Each one is rated for this caravan, or sits close to the limit.
- Volkswagen CaliforniaBeach / Coast (T6), tows 2,500 kg brakedClose
- Volkswagen CrafterSY (RWD / 4MOTION), tows 3,000 kg brakedClose
- Volkswagen MultivanT6 / T6.1 (TDI340 / 450), tows 2,500 kg brakedClose
- Volkswagen PassatAlltrack (AWD Wagon), tows 2,200 kg brakedClose
- Volkswagen TiguanAllspace (162TSI / 147TDI), tows 2,500 kg brakedClose
- Volkswagen Touareg7L (V10 TDI / R50), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
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.