Towing (braked)kg
Braked towing capacity is the maximum trailer weight when the trailer has its own brakes. It matters only when it survives real use: people inside, bags in the boot, cables stored somewhere, doors opening wide enough and the loaded car staying within legal weight.
How to compare it
Compare it with range, DC charging access for trailer bays and payload. Towing doubles as an aerodynamics problem, not just a strength problem.
- Check the number against your garage, child seats, luggage and parking.
- Look for shape and access, not just litres or millimetres.
- Payload can be more important than volume.
What changes it
Practicality changes when the same number meets real objects: child seats, boxes, roof racks, kerbs, charging cables, passengers and payload limits.
- Shape and access can beat a larger raw volume number.
- Payload includes people, luggage and accessories.
- Exterior size affects parking even when cabin space is good.
Common trap
The number does not tell you how far you will get. A boxy trailer can cut motorway range dramatically.
- A bigger number can still be awkward if the shape is poor.
- Accessories and passengers count against payload.
Towing (braked): the packaging view
Dimensions become useful only when you connect them to doors, boot shape, payload and your parking reality.
Towing (braked) across EVRadar
Based on 338 published cars
Lowest
0 kg
Typical
1234.7 kg
Highest
5000 kg