The engine's answer
Best petrol car for one driver doing towing, under €60,000
Škoda Karoq
75% match
The sensible family SUV, with the sums done properly.
Why it wins here
The dimensions where it beats the rest of the market by the most, for this question specifically.
- Fuel
- Use
- Budget
Why it wins
Škoda Karoq costs €34,000 — €26,000 under the €60,000 ceiling — seats 5 and carries 521 L in the boot. Where it pulls furthest ahead of the field is fuel, use, budget. Overall: a 75% match for this question.
What's good
- Removable rear seats make it a small van when needed.
What to watch
- Dull to drive, and unashamed about it.
What came close
- Volkswagen T-Roc75%A Golf on stilts, and Europe buys it by the shipload.
See listings on AutoScout24 See listings on mobile.de - Dacia Duster75%Genuine rough-road ability at a supermini price.
See listings on AutoScout24 See listings on mobile.de - Mazda CX-575%Old-school engineering, unusually well built.
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What the runners-up gave up
- Volkswagen T-Roc (75%) lost mainly on towing limit: 1,500 kg against 1,800 kg for the winner.
- Dacia Duster (75%) lost mainly on towing limit: 1,500 kg against 1,800 kg for the winner.
- Mazda CX-5 (75%) lost mainly on length: 4,575 mm against 4,390 mm for the winner.
Questions this answer covers
- Does Škoda Karoq fit under €60,000?
- Yes. At €34,000 it leaves €26,000 of headroom, and the budget was treated as a hard ceiling — nothing above it was allowed to win.
- How does it cope with towing?
- On the measures that matter for towing it scores 51/100 against a field average of 26/100, with 900 km between stops and running costs of about €210/mo a month.
- Why a petrol car?
- The question fixed the fuel, so only petrol car models were eligible — Škoda Karoq is the one that scored highest among them.
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