Looking at the brochures for the new Scala, as a carvan owner I looked up the towing limits.

 

And came across this "interesting" phrase "Please note in some cases it is not possible to retrospectively fit a towbar if the car is not fitted with towbar preparation at the factory"

 

Now I never buy new, always low-mileage used, 1 or 2 years old.

 

How an earth am I supposed to know, in a coupleof years time, wether I'm able to buy and use such a vehicle?

It is likely this disclaimer is referencing the retrofitting of the OEM factory fitted towbar. The factory fitted towbars offer more functionality than ever before, ensuring compatibility with options such as Blind Spot Assist, reversing camera etc. In order to replicate the functionality it is likely integration into the cars systems requires, at minimum the towbar preparation.

 

You would still be able to retrofit a regular third party aftermarket towbar, but there is the possibility that their integration of the towbar would adversely affect other options i.e. the third party towbars electronics simply aren't keeping up with the latest Skoda systems.

 

There have been quite a few threads over in the Kodiaq forum along a similar vein, with third party towbars screwing up other systems, despite the best efforts / intentions of the third party towbar fitters.

 

Edited 27 May, 20197 yr by silver1011