Greetings all....can anyone help...my dad wants a felicia for him, the wife and one big dog..hes thinking about an estate but it has to have enuf ooomph to tow a 600kg caravan. Would a 1300 tow this sort of weight easily? Or is it best for a 1.6? Either way it has to have power steering and hopefully electric front windows...not too much !! SLXI/GLXI...... when did these features come as standard...its a bit confusing chaps..any one with ideas??

cheers:thumbup:

Greetings all....can anyone help...my dad wants a felicia for him, the wife and one big dog..hes thinking about an estate but it has to have enuf ooomph to tow a 600kg caravan. Would a 1300 tow this sort of weight easily? Or is it best for a 1.6? Either way it has to have power steering and hopefully electric front windows...not too much !! SLXI/GLXI...... when did these features come as standard...its a bit confusing chaps..any one with ideas??

cheers:thumbup:

well i got a 1.3 felicia its an n reg so i dont have power steering although the newer ones do, but my car tends to struggle with a full car (prob cause it broke) so i wud imagin it just be easier gettin a 1.6 just to be safe.plus i dont think a 1.6 has the rattling engine like a 1.3 :( as for the electric windows i dont kno if felicias have them so u may have to look into that.

hope this has helped a bit

IIRC neither electric windows o PAS were standard, both options.

i think you're gonna struggle to tow a 600kg caravan with a felicia

600kg caravan! Blimey. The 1.6 is clearly a better option - its quite a torquey engine.

As for PAS - to my knowledge ALL 1.6s had PAS, but electric windows were only ever standard on the Magic model.

There is no such thing as "too much power for a tow car". Sooner or later you'll find a headwind that you can't even reach the speed limit against.

Not all 1.6 had PAS. I think it only became standard with the facelifted models in 1997. IIRC the SLX has electric windows, but I don't think many were sold.

Andy

PAS is deffo not standard on the 1.6, seen plenty without it.

Learn something new every day.

I did only say I thought...

Well you know what thought did....

"Slxi" models had front electric mirrors and front electric windows. 1600's had power steering on from R or S registrations.

Mine has PAS and electric windows - GLXi - the electric windows were an optional extra, I think PAS was standard from mark 2 on.

I pull a caravan which weighs 650KG with not too much trouble. Hills are the main problem - down to second on some!

PAS is deffo not standard on the 1.6, seen plenty without it.

All the 1.9 diesels ive seen have power steering surely a better option for towing the caravan with also.

All the 1.9 diesels ive seen have power steering surely a better option for towing the caravan with also.

From memory the 1.9 diesel has less torque than the 1.6 petrol as it's not a turbo unit.

The 1.6 engine is quite strong, I used to have one (without PAS, P Reg)

My R Reg 1.6 GLXi hasn't got PAS or EW. The steering is so heavy at low speed, especially when parking, that I wouldn't consider buying another without PAS.

1.3l is 750kg towing

all felicias are 750kg 1.3/1.6/1.9 engine means zip! its the capability of the body not what others think pulls. they all pull very well. lob lots in the back and on the back steering gets lighter and lighter.... zero PS wont be noted

enjoy

We had a 1.6 SLXI which was a Facelifted T Reg, that had PAS but no electric windows. It did have Air con though:D

We also had a 1.9 GLI D and that had PAS too