Diesel mondeo towing capabilities

[provked]

Hi guys I'm very keen on picking my missus up a 09/10 mondeo zetec diesel, just a quick question they rated at towing ,1600 kg I got a pop up camper that weights 1200 empty, would I be asking too much of the lil 2 litre to tow that? I have a car I can use but just curious as there is times my missus would be going away and setting up before me, plus if it will do it the fuel savings on a trip might make it worth while using? It's a pity there isn't many or any diesel wagons that arnt base model I want the zetec or if I find the right one a titanium but I think that's out of my price range,
Cheers Craig

[Binny]

I think you will be surprised how well it does. If you are going to tow it a lot I would consider something more suitable but occasional use would be fine.

My Mondeo tows better than my AUIII Wagon did. It may be rated at a higher weight but even with a box trailer with 2 motorbikes the coon really struggled up hills and the brakes were *****. I wouldn't tow maximum rated weight with either though. SUVs are popular tow vehicles for a reason.

I occasionally tow our CUB camper with our MC Mondeo which is more like 600kg and it does it with such ease. Averaged 7L/100km on a 600km trip to Yamba and back and held 6th up all the hills without breaking a sweat.

I also towed an 8x5 cage trailer full of rubble and garbage to the tip thinking how easy it was doing it. The weighbridge showed a combined weight of 2650kg. It amazes me how such a little engine can move that much weight so well.

[provked]

Yeah I got a 2010 territory, which obviously would be the primary tow car, I was just more curious than anything else, cheers for that bud

[Deo]

Don't dismiss the liftback without seeing it. It has almost as much usable luggage space as the wagon and is more common to find in the higher trim levels. I think the engine in the Titanium is higher output too? Or maybe that's going from MB to MC.

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[provked]

I've been driving a petrol hatch as a company car, but time to move on, a wagon would be nice but as you say much more base models around, I've found a nice 2011 diesel zetec, with full service history, and 80k, kms gunna look into that one, being the update it has a bit more power,