Can a Volkswagen Touareg tow
a Blue Sky Caravans Tundra XL?
7L (V10 TDI / R50) (2003), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.
Close to the limits
The Blue Sky Caravans Tundra XL's published ATM of 3,300kg sits 200kg under the Volkswagen Touareg's 3,500kg braked towing rating.
- Braked towing ratingThe Volkswagen Touareg, manufacturer published
- 3,500kg
- Towball ratingThe Volkswagen Touareg, manufacturer published
- 350kg
- ATMThe Blue Sky Caravans Tundra XL, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 3,300kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.
Possible, but close to the limits
Loaded to its published ATM, the Blue Sky Caravans Tundra XL uses all but 200kg of what the Volkswagen Touareg 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.
The figures above are the Volkswagen Touareg's and the Blue Sky Caravans Tundra XL'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 Touareg
7L (V10 TDI / R50) (2003)
Blue Sky Caravans Tundra XL
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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 Touareg can tow
Every van here sits inside this car's published ratings, or close to them.
Other cars that can tow the Blue Sky Caravans Tundra XL
Each one is rated for this caravan, or sits close to the limit.
- Volkswagen TouaregCR (V6 Diesel), tows 3,500 kg brakedClose
- Volkswagen TouaregR50 (V10 Diesel), tows 3,500 kg brakedClose
- Toyota HiLuxRogue / SR5 / SR (2.8L Auto 4x4), tows 3,500 kg brakedClose
- Toyota LandCruiser100 Series (4.2L Turbo Diesel), tows 3,500 kg brakedClose
- Toyota Prado250 Series (New Gen), tows 3,500 kg brakedClose
- Toyota TundraLimited (Official Aus RHD), tows 4,500 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.
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.