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Can a Volkswagen Touareg tow
a Kedron Caravans CP5 Compact?

CR (V6 Diesel) (2019), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.

Close to the limits

The Kedron Caravans CP5 Compact's published ATM of 3,000kg sits 500kg under the Volkswagen Touareg's 3,500kg braked towing rating.

At a ball weight of 10% of ATM, which is an estimate rather than a published figure, the Kedron Caravans CP5 Compact would sit above the Volkswagen Touareg's 280kg towball rating. Ask the manufacturer for the published ball weight.

Braked towing ratingThe Volkswagen Touareg, manufacturer published
3,500kg
Towball ratingThe Volkswagen Touareg, manufacturer published
280kg
ATMThe Kedron Caravans CP5 Compact, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
3,000kg

Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.

Possible, but close to the limits

At an estimated ball weight of 300kg, which is 10% of ATM rather than a published figure, the Kedron Caravans CP5 Compact would put 20kg more on the towball than the Volkswagen Touareg 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 Touareg's and the Kedron Caravans CP5 Compact'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

CR (V6 Diesel) (2019)

Specs apply to 2019-2019 models
Tow capacity3,500kg
Ball weight limit280kg
GCM6,390kg

Kedron Caravans CP5 Compact

Price on application

CP5 Compact
ATM (max weight)3,000kg
Ball weightEstimated at 10% of ATM300kg

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.

Every figure here describes the two vehicles as they left the factory. Yours has a history since then, and the plates on it are what that history gets measured against.