My wife's Yaris Verso is nearly 10 years old and coming up for replacement. I thought I'd research the Ford TC as it is a newish entry in the market and looks as if it could be a good replacement AND might actually be dual purpose and be able to pull the caravan as well.

However on checking the stats I discovered that diesel TCs have a miniscule towing limit of 1100kg! That's tantamount to checking out a Porsche 911 and being told its top speed is 20mph. Petrol TCs can only pull 900kg and the 7 seat Grand TC is only allowed 845kg.

What on earth are Ford playing at producing a vehicle with obvious appeal to the likes of caravanners but with such low towing limits? As a comparison I checked out the Berlingo which is in the same market segment and that will only pull 1300kg, better, but not good.

So how come these van based cars aren't built to tow, when their appeal is to a section of the public that want to tow? Surely the powertrain is used for much higher weights on other Ford products. Is the rear end of a TC made of plasticine?

Oh and what happened to the automatic version which got mentioned in the pre-launch publicity but doesn't appear in the UK brochure?

Edited by Steamdrivenandy on 28/06/2014 at 14:36