On the back of a recent post here on 'Choosing the right tow car' on anything Eriba related, has anyone any views as regards diesel Dacia Dusters as a tow car? Seen quite a few in France towing Pucks at least, but not sure about towing our 91 Pan Familia. The blue plate on our Eriba says 690 kg, 850 kg, 75kg. Im assuming this is the un-laden, laden and nose weight details in that order.

On a tight budget so looking at a 2013 to 2016 year. For those years, most I think are 1.5L engines with a maximum towing capacity of 1200kg. I would be going for a 4 x 4 type as the nose weight is 75kg also.

Views are very welcome.

I have the same engine in my Nissan Pulsar. However mine has a torque of 250 where as the duster has a torque of 260. I find it fine for towing my puck 120 GT so you should be able to do the maths on the weight of your car with the weight of your Eriba.

Dacia kerbweights are around 1370kg for those years, so already up to 65% laden with one person and the car empty. all a bit light! Torque for most of these years is around 170, so not great.

As I said mine has 250 torque. Car is 1307 kgs , Puck is 650kg max.

Oh mine is diesel !!

I had a 2013 1.5L 4x4 diesel duster Laureate spec for my Familia 320, it pulled it no problems with plenty of low down torque.It was a superb car with a massive boot for my awning and chairs.
My van is plated at 1050kg but it was generally loaded at just over 900kg, it will pull your pan with ease. It used a Renault engine pumping out 240Nm ( the new dcis now have 260Nm) of torque and returned over 50mpg
The 4x4 has a 75kg nose weight and a 1500kg towing capacity.

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@Poptop320: That's encouraging :)

[quote=""|p88776]I had a 2013 1.5L 4x4 diesel duster Laureate spec for my Familia 320, it pulled it no problems with plenty of low down torque.It was a superb car with a massive boot for my awning and chairs.
My van is plated at 1050kg but it was generally loaded at just over 900kg, it will pull your pan with ease. It used a Renault engine pumping out 240Nm of torque and returned over 50mpg

PT,
From my spreadsheet of weights an average Touring van has about 110kg of cost options added, so the base weight of your 320 will be around 810kg and our average personal payload is about 110kg too. So if you're similar a 320 used in anger weighs around 920kg, give or take, not allowing for a mover or sun canopy. Still over its original MTPLM of 900kg though.

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[quote=""|p88776]PT, From my spreadsheet of weights an average Touring van has about 110kg of cost options added, so the base weight of your 320 will be around 810kg and our average personal payload is about 110kg too. So if you're similar a 320 used in anger weighs around 920kg, give or take, not allowing for a mover or sun canopy. Still over its original MTPLM of 900kg though.

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[quote=""|p88776]PT, From my spreadsheet of weights an average Touring van has about 110kg of cost options added, so the base weight of your 320 will be around 810kg and our average personal payload is about 110kg too. So if you're similar a 320 used in anger weighs around 920kg, give or take, not allowing for a mover or sun canopy. Still over its original MTPLM of 900kg though.

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You are about bang on the money with your calculations Andy , that's what I approximately came to as well after I methodically weighed all my basic items with the additional accessories such as the GT pack motor mover etc. I put the awning and chairs in the car to bulk up its gross weight. This was why I upgraded the MTPLM plate to 1050kg.

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