VW Golf VIII Variant 1.0 TSI Life - Towing vehicle

You want to use the VW Golf also as a towing vehicle for trailers? In order to answer this topic the car must be considered from all points of view, such as whether a trailer hitch (AHK) is available at all, the torque, and the maximum towing capacity.

The maximum towing capacity of this cars is given as 1300 kg and is thus quite sufficient for the "normal consumer". You can pull a small caravan with it, and also sometimes the moving trailer.
The torque is at the VW Golf decisive for acceleration even under load - the more torque the better!

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However, this advertisement does not yet include trailer coupling and must be added to this.

Evaluation - is the VW Golf suitable as a towing vehicle?: The car has a maximum towing capacity of 1300 kg and has a maximum torque of 200 Nm. You can manage quite well in everyday life, but you should only pull heavy equipment over short distances because the torque alone is a bit tight and you run the risk of slowing down traffic considerably.