H3 for Towing

[Wisha Haddan H3]

Originally Posted by Wassa

My only concern is that I have an 18'6" caravan that weighs approx 3,500lbs. With the 5 cylinder engine making max torque at 4600rpm and max power at 5600rpm, I have real concerns about its ability to tow ...

The 3.7L has a pretty flat torque curve, and you get most of it up front. It makes 225 ft-lbs (305 Nm) at 2800 RPM and 242 ft-lbs (328 Nm) at 4600 RPM.

[wpage]

You are talking over 2x the rated payload capacity of the I5 H3. Use the search menu and read the owners manual regarding towing & load limits.

[Wassa]

Thankyou everyone for your input here. I'm told there may be the option of a turbo diesel in 2008, as well as the petrol V8. I might wait till next year and get one of those.

Originally Posted by wpage

You are talking over 2x the rated payload capacity of the I5 H3. Use the search menu and read the owners manual regarding towing & load limits.

Not sure whether we are talking the same language here. In Australia "payload" = what you put inside the H3, "towing capacity" = what you put on the towbar of the H3. Here, in Australia at least, to meet Australian Design Rules the TOWING capacity has already been documented at 2,000kgs or approx 4,400lbs.

Anyway thankyou all again and I shall stay in touch.

[H3 Builder]

We are starting to ship 2008 parts to S.A. for assembling new models. Just not sure how long it will be before it would be available in Australia.

[trailerpup]

2007 I5 Auto with 35's. Towing 16ft. Airstream Bambi. Bambi weighs 3500lbs. The H3 pulls it like a bag of feathers.


Man, I've been wanting to use that dancing banana for a while.