Performance cars you can tow with...

[Fidgits]

Okay, so I'm investigating a new car, and having done the 2/3 car thing for a while, I really want just one car I can use for all occasions.

On the whole, this shouldn't be an issue, except I need to be able to tow the jet ski with it, and it seems most decent performance cars are not type approved for towing (such as audi's S and RS and bmw's M cars)...

So far the only cars I can find that have decent performance and should be a bit of fun (not to mention able to hold their own on tour) are:

BMW 335i
Subaru wrx sti 330

Oh, and now the e39 m5 it appears...

So does anyone else know of any other fun cars that can tow?

[Fidgits]

Oh, and the E60 M5 it turns out..

[kambites]

I'd assumed that most of the super-saloons were type approved for towing?

[Fidgits]

Nope, I've checked m3, s5, rs5, vxr8 etc... None of them are type approved for towing

[TTwiggy]

I have no idea about the current S6, but a stowable toe bar was an option on the C5 variant, so it was obviously ok.

[_Batty_]

Fidgits said:

Okay, so I'm investigating a new car, and having done the 2/3 car thing for a while, I really want just one car I can use for all occasions.

On the whole, this shouldn't be an issue, except I need to be able to tow the jet ski with it, and it seems most decent performance cars are not type approved for towing (such as audi's S and RS and bmw's M cars)...

So far the only cars I can find that have decent performance and should be a bit of fun (not to mention able to hold their own on tour) are:

BMW 335i
Subaru wrx sti 330

Oh, and now the e39 m5 it appears...

So does anyone else know of any other fun cars that can tow?

Shouldn't have sold the Fezza
Pork cayanne turbo? RRS? Legacy? R32 golf?

[Codswallop]

Is a Volvo V70 R approved for towing? 300bhp and 4wd should make it interesting to drive too.

[Fidgits]

I know, but I needed the cash out to fund the house move...

And can't with a r32 unfortunately

[NightRunner]

[pwrc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFNkrwRmba8

[Terzo204]

I have just had a tow bar fitted to a 335i to tow my track car.

At £550 fitted with BMW electrics and stowable i'm well happy.

[silent k]

My Legacy GTB has a tow bar fitted, never used it but I assume it'd do the job!

[edc]

911

http://mobile.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=...

[Fidgits]

Terzo204 said:

I have just had a tow bar fitted to a 335i to tow my track car.

At £550 fitted with BMW electrics and stowable i'm well happy.

Who did that for you?

[david.h]

Nothing to do with your search, but this is a good story.
Back in the dark ages ('70's!) I was at a campsite in Brittany whenI heard a heavenly noise....it was a Ford Capri 3100RS (maybe 2600RS, long time ago, but I think a 3100)
towing a small caravan! I got talking to the driver who turned out to be a Scot living in Paris & married to a girl (Russian parents, post Revolution emigres). The car was a Tour de France works car (4 wheel TdF you fools!) when it was a road race round France. Tony prepared cars for Ford France & he was testing the cluch on this one by towing his 'van on holiday!
He had been a top mechanic for Jack Brabham & Yeoman Credit F1. His wife worked for Matra Motorsport. His small garage was fantastic.

[anonymous-user]

at the risk of being hit with the PH wrath, how about a 5/335d? epic tow cars!

[redtwin]

Fidgits said:

...can't with a r32 unfortunately

[sjabrown]

Don't use a Renault 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsPnwi0nb2Q

[redtwin]

Corvette would be my shout.

[FlatPack]

silent k said:

My Legacy GTB has a tow bar fitted, never used it but I assume it'd do the job!

Yes, yes it will




Having said that I'm looking to get rid of mine and get a BMW 330i/335i touring instead to do the same job...