So, I drive a Fiat 500 1.2 and my OH has a 2 litre Altea. When I first mooted buying a Puck he was happy to have a tow bar fitted to the Altea for towing. Now he says he would rather it was fitted to the Fiat. I've seen pics of a Pucks being towed by small cars, but just wanted to ask if anyone on here has experience of this?

I would check the cars handbook to see if it mentions towing weight limits and any other towing related information.

Well my OH also drives a Fiat 500 1.2 8V and a very nice little car it is too although I personally wouldn't want one. A couple of points here - the first related to your question in a roundabout way, the second somewhat OT.

Whilst the return from whattowcar might give a positive result I myself wouldn't even consider towing a van - any van - with this vehicle. Whichever way we leave our house we are faced with an uphill climb. They are gentle climbs that wouldn't really tax ones breath when walking but they are long. With the Fiat 500 1.2 8V you're struggling after a while as it simply runs out of puff and you're up and down the gearbox as though your life depended on it. You know it's going to make it but with cars and trucks following it can get quite embarrassing to say the least. I perish the thought of what it would be like with a van on the back even if loaded with the minimum of essentials and that's not to mention having stuff packed in the car. The 'user payload' of your car will be around the 150kg mark taking into account the Kerbweight which takes into consideration the vehicles tank being 90% full, all necessary fluids, 68kg driver weight and 7kg luggage. So, from your 150kg user payload you'll have to subtract the weight of the passenger, any additional luggage above the 7kg allowed for and and and. In the end you're not left with much of a user payload to pack much else in. It's your choice and decision of course but as the owner of this car I feel sure that you can sympathise with the comments regarding the car..

The second point, somewhat OT, is to have the car serviced at the prescribed intervals and if the brakes start to feel funny or make a noise, get the car to a workshop asap. My wife telephoned me from work one day and said that she had a feeling that there was a problem with the exhaust because the car was making a strange sound. On getting to where she'd parked her car I drove it a couple of times around the car park without being able to detect any noise but after having done this a few time and having applied the brakes several times, I noticed that what she was hearing was coming from the brakes. When the brakes were cold there was no noise but after several stops with the discs getting hot there was a noticeable scraping sound. As it was, we'd decided to exchange the car and the replacement was for picking up 3 days later so we lived with it. Needless to say, 3 days later we had no brakes at all and the dealer told us later that both pads and discs had gone completely on both sides. And this was on a vehicle with only 40K on the clock, being used daily cross country so very little traffic and not much brake use. Having now lived through that experience there is no way I would think of towing a van where the forces placed on the brakes are considerably more. It's only my opinion of course, but I don't consider the Fiat 500 1.2 8V brakes to be up to the job of towing.

By the way, I have actually seen a Fiat 500 towing a Puck but it was of the Twinair and Dualogic gearbox variety.

which size 500?
am not sure if the smallest 500 was passed to be able to tow..

Hehehe rusted away eh this link could be interesting, but not exactly the answer to the op sorry..

forgot to add that the 126 could tow a little caravan, the name escapes me which it was, but seen pictures it was the one made out of fibreglass with little door with push up roof (memory has taken a holiday will update when remember)

I don't think my old 1953 500C Topolino would've pulled anything http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_500_%22Topolino%22 Mine was just like the 1952 one pictured on the Wiki page but mine was in a shade of pale green with beige interior.

I notice that the 0.9 litre current 500 can actually pull 30kg more than all the others including the 1.4 litre.

Thank you, everyone, for all your comments, I really appreciate them. You've all confirmed my own thoughts. Whilst I know you could tow a Puck with a Fiat 500, whether you should, especially if there's a better and safer alternative, is another question.

I love my Fiat, but if I have adult passengers aboard I know it when we get to a big hill. Hoping he's just having a bit of a grump. The safety thing is really important, so I shall emphasise that.

Thanks again folks :-)

Forgot to mention that when we were at Rookesbury Park CC site last August there was a Puck on site that had been towed there by a fawn Fiat 500. Unfortunately I never saw the owners to have a chat.

heres the info from the earlier post which has nothing to do with op. but I found it interesting so thought would share.

The Predom Prespol 126 is a caravan made in Poland, designed to be towed by the Polski Fiat 126P, a car smaller than a Smart. The caravan was even sold in Canada, called Taurus Cadet over there

the picture is close to bottom of page

Wow, it's cute! What a lot of great cars, too…there's something nice about seeing cars that were the butt of so many jokes being loved at last!

I see these Polish caravans quite often at Damage Barton, one for sale at £250!
at Mullacott caravans Ilfracombe