I'm considering a GLK250 now the GLC has arrived. My use case is daily driver plus I need to regularly tow, every weekend in the summer.

I have a 5x10 V nose trailer which contains 2 karts and all the related paraphernalia. I don't know what this all weighs but I've towed with 3 vehicles so far - 2011 Sti, 2002 325xiT and a 2006 Touareg V8 (current). The Touareg does it easily, but I'm looking for a diesel SUV and considering MLs and GLs of course.

If I go for a bug ute, I may as well get a 7 seater, so GL, so if I'm going 5 seats then the GLK is back in my reckoning. I like the boxy looks, small diesel and made in Germany credentials.

Thoughts on towing regularly and heavy stuff with that class II hitch?

Thanks

 

here you go. Total load is 1800 Lbs, Tongue weight is about 150 Lbs (but I have enough room to lighten or increase the tongue weight by quite a bit.

 

Ok here are some pictures.



U-Haul Sport Trailer






U-Haul 5x8 Utility Trailer






Ok this one is not mine.
This picture is from an article written by a well-known towing expert Andrew Thomson on RV lifestyle magazine. You can read it from below link. Go to page 6. http://rvlifemag.dgtlpub.com/?i=2665

GLK250 seems to be a very good towing vehicle.

 

funny all of those pictures are in white.

 

White cars are getting more popular. At least my seven is painted in the proper British racing green & yellow.

I was just in your part of the world this past week. Stayed in Anacortes, Took a ferry to Sydney. Then drove to Nanaimo. We bought that trailer in Parksville VI. Also drove over to Tofino (what a beautiful little bay at Tofino)

 

I'm starting to think it's the same car and the wheels just get swapped out....

 

This picture was posted in another post last year. We were driving north from SF to Vancouver. We love Costco... 😄