Towing advice needed!

Hi, we would like to buy a 2025 Keystone Coleman light, 17BX (dry weight: 2720 lbs, GVWR: 3500 lbs).

Since we are currently relocating, we’re also buying a new car and were wondering what towing capacity our new car needs to have. We looked at an Audi Q5 with a towing capacity of 4400lbs. Will that be enough or should we be getting a bigger car (VW Atlas etc) with a 5000 lbs towing capacity? We live in the city so we’d prefer to have a “smaller” car for daily use, that is able to tow the trailer as well.

We would like to go on a 5 week cross country trip (including Yellowstone NP) with it, so we will be driving in the mountains sometimes and might have a little bit of cargo weight in the car as well. We have a newborn, so safety is our top priority.

Do we need to add the weight of the hitch to the GVWR? It will be our first trailer so any advice you give us is highly appreciated! We would like to avoid buying the “wrong” car and regretting it later on.

Posted Sep 28, 2025, 1:27 PM UTC

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