Can a Volkswagen Passat tow
an Ultimate Campers Nexus?
Alltrack 162TSI & Alltrack 162TSI Premium (2.0L TSI, 7-speed DSG, 4MOTION AWD) (2022), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.
Close to the limits
The Ultimate Campers Nexus's published ATM of 1,990kg sits 210kg under the Volkswagen Passat's 2,200kg braked towing rating.
- Braked towing ratingThe Volkswagen Passat, manufacturer published
- 2,200kg
- Towball ratingThe Volkswagen Passat, manufacturer published
- 90kg
- ATMThe Ultimate Campers Nexus, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 1,990kg
- Ball weightThe Ultimate Campers Nexus, manufacturer published
- 75kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.
Inside the published limits, and close to them
The Volkswagen Passat's towing rating covers the Ultimate Campers Nexus at its published ATM with 210kg to spare.
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Important checks
- We could not run the GCM check for this pairing - that is the combined weight of the loaded car and caravan together. The Volkswagen Passat's compliance plate or owner's manual carries its GCM figure.
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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Volkswagen Passat
Alltrack 162TSI & Alltrack 162TSI Premium (2.0L TSI, 7-speed DSG, 4MOTION AWD) (2022)
Ultimate Campers Nexus
Starting from $94,990
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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What towing this pair needs
A weight distribution hitch is worth pricing. The Ultimate Campers Nexus's 75kg ball weight uses 83% of the Volkswagen Passat's 90kg towball limit.
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Figures come from the makers' published specs for this exact pairing.
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.
Published specifications are the starting point. The numbers that decide anything are the ones your own loaded rig puts on the scales.