Where can I get a tow bar???

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facade said:

My electrocar cannot tow anything, and VR means it was built in France.

My Suzuki can tow 1300kg (as confirmed by the V5) and J means it was built (properly) in Japan.

Just FYI, the first three characters of the VIN tell you what company built it, and which country they're registered in - not necessarily where the plant is.

V is one of the characters allocated to French manufacturers. VF1 Renault, VF3 Peugeot, VF7 Citroen, etc etc.
VR7 is an electrified Citroen, no clue as to plant location.
I've had VF7 Spanish- and Italian-built Citroens... and your e-C4 was actually built in Villaverde, Madrid - in a factory that started as a Barreiros diesel engine plant, then arrived in Stellantis via Simca and Chrysler Europe.
Your Jimny was indeed Japanese built - the UK didn't get the Indian-assembled five doors (which were built by Maruti, so have Maruti Indian VINs)

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knightstyle said:

Thanks for the replies, according to Honda it can tow a trailer which is what I saw before buying...

OK, so the simple answer is that nobody seems to make an aftermarket bar yet, so it's dealer-only.

Effician

your specs don't align with those on the current spec sheet unless i'm looking at the wrong car, which wouldn't be a first

https://www.honda.co.uk/cars/new/hr-v-hybrid/specifications.html#full-specifications

facade

But what does it say in the V5 and on the VIN plate?

The VIN plate should read

2350

3100

1260 

1150

if those figures are correct.

It doesn't matter what a brochure says, it depends on what the vehicle is type-approved for which will show in the V5 as it was declared at registration.

Jaybee_16

Looking at the Honda website, it would seem there is no tow bar option available.

This company seems to have them.
https://www.westfalia-automotive.com/en/product-finder/towbars?m=mod42684

Emmia

There's a US company doing them for the 2025 model, but no idea if they export 

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Emmia said:

There's a US company doing them for the 2025 model, but no idea if they export 

It wouldn't be UNECE type-approved anyway - so not legal to tow - even if the US HR-V was the same car, which it isn't. The US model is on the Civic platform, not the Jazz.

Goudy

1822kg seems kind of heavy for a HR-V , like CR-V heavy.
The fully electric e:Ny1 which is based on the HR-V and fully of batteries isn't even that heavy.

And the CR-V has those same braked/unbraked trailer weights as well.

Here we go, see Page 374
25 HR-V HEV 323N06210_web_compressed.pdf

Goudy

Mildly_Miffed said:

Emmia said:

There's a US company doing them for the 2025 model, but no idea if they export 

It wouldn't be UNECE type-approved anyway - so not legal to tow - even if the US HR-V was the same car, which it isn't. The US model is on the Civic platform, not the Jazz.

They might be the same car but the HR-V is sold around the world with different engines and gearboxes.

Europe get the eHEV but other markets get a NA 1.5 and a 1.5T.

Then there is obviously different type approvals for different markets. The exact same car might be type approved differently depending on what market it's sold in.

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Goudy said:

Mildly_Miffed said:

Emmia said:

There's a US company doing them for the 2025 model, but no idea if they export 

It wouldn't be UNECE type-approved anyway - so not legal to tow - even if the US HR-V was the same car, which it isn't. The US model is on the Civic platform, not the Jazz.

They might be the same car but the HR-V is sold around the world with different engines and gearboxes.

Europe get the eHEV but other markets get a NA 1.5 and a 1.5T.

Then there is obviously different type approvals for different markets. The exact same car might be type approved differently depending on what market it's sold in.

They aren't. The US HR-V is bigger, and on a different platform, than the rest-of-world one. The US one is sold in some countries alongside the HR-V as the ZR-V.
<looks> Actually, that now includes the UK.

Any towbar used in the UK on a 1997-on car needs to have UNECE approval for fitment to that car.