Can a Volkswagen Touareg tow
a Retreat Caravans Macquarie?
CR (V6 Diesel) (2019), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.
Close to the limits
The Retreat Caravans Macquarie's published ATM of 3,500kg exactly matches the Volkswagen Touareg's braked towing rating.
- Braked towing ratingThe Volkswagen Touareg, manufacturer published
- 3,500kg
- Towball ratingThe Volkswagen Touareg, manufacturer published
- 280kg
- ATMThe Retreat Caravans Macquarie, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 3,500kg
- Ball weightThe Retreat Caravans Macquarie, manufacturer published
- 278kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.
Possible, but close to the limits
Loaded to its published ATM, the Retreat Caravans Macquarie uses all but 0kg 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.
A towing rating on its own rarely settles a pairing. What decides it for the Volkswagen Touareg and the Retreat Caravans Macquarie is the published figures taken together: the weight the caravan carries when it is loaded, the weight it puts on the towball, and the combined limit the car holds for both of them at once.
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Volkswagen Touareg
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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 Retreat Caravans Macquarie
Each one is rated for this caravan, or sits close to the limit.
- Volkswagen Touareg7L (V10 TDI / R50), 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.
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.