Towbar Fitting and Vehicle Warranty

Will Fitting a Towbar Affect My Vehicle Warranty?

In the UK, fitting aftermarket parts does not necessarily void a car's warranty, especially under the EU Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation 461/2010. However, if a fault arises from the aftermarket part or its installation, the manufacturer can refuse...
Amount of Towbars UK

How Many Towbars are Fitted to Vehicles in the UK?

As of 2025, there is no official data specifying the exact number of cars in the UK equipped with tow bars. However, based on industry trends and market analyses, we can provide an informed estimate.​ Estimating Tow Bar Prevalence in UK Cars The UK had approximately...
Towbar News

Towbar News

April, the month of sunshine and showers, and also the time of year when things start to heat up in the Ultimate Towbars office. It's that time of year when people dust off their caravans and head out for a well-deserved holiday. But also the time when they find their...
Van Towbars

Van Towbars

Are you looking for a van tow bar or tow bars for a fleet of vans? Ultimate Towbars supplies and installs tow bars on vans just like yours Their fitters are highly experienced at fitting tow bars to vans and can install them at your location, saving you time and the...
Towbar for Motability

Motability Towbars

The Motability Scheme enables people to get mobile by exchanging their mobility allowance to lease a new car. We get daily calls from people asking about having a towbar fitted to their Motability car. The good news is that if you're a Mobility car user, you can have...
Dedicated CanBus Towbar electrics

Why we Fit Dedicated CanBus Towing Electrics…

Two types of tow bar electrics exist: Can Bus and Universal Bypass. We don't fit Universal bypass electrics due to the unreliability and the safety issues when towing. We do fit dedicated CanBus electronics, so here's a little about them from one of our suppliers......
Towbar Price

Tow Bar Prices

How much for a tow bar? It all depends on the type of tow bar, the sort of electrics you need fitted, and who is fitting it. What we can tell you is that tow bar supply and fitting isn't cheap. With new vehicles having high-tech parts and the need for aftermarket...

March Update

Spring is starting to spring, and we’re all looking forward to brighter evenings and warmer sunny days. March is the ideal time to get your towbar fitted. It’s just before the towbar season kicks off and just before the towbar manufacturers' annual price increases on...

New Car Towbars.

We get lots of phone calls from people needing a tow bar for their new car, especially those with new models. Unfortunately, sometimes getting a tow bar is impossible because the aftermarket tow bar for the particular vehicle hasn't been manufactured yet, or is still...
Towing a Horse Box

Towing a Horse Box.

The priority when towing a horse trailer is getting your horse or horses to their destination safely. The tow vehicle needs to be in good condition and capable of towing a trailer that weighs around 1,300 kg for a single horse and 1700kg for a twin horse box with two...

Mayday Mayday Update.

It's the first of May and a Bank holiday weekend here in the UK. Many of our customers are hooking up their caravans and heading for a relaxing break, or attaching their cycle carriers and having a family day out on theor bikes. Unfortunatly we are still getting calls...

Towbar Fitting Prices

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Chip Shortage and Your Towbar Electrics

Chip Shortage and Your Towbar Electrics

If you didn't already know, there is a massive semiconductor shortage that's hitting the automobile industries, there are also major issues with the production of auto-industry wiring looms, which are mainly manufactured in Ukraine and Poland. This started over a year...

How to Choose a Towbar

How to Choose a Towbar

Picking the right type of tow bar for the job is probably best left to your tow bar fitter as there's more to choosing the right tow bar than just picking the one you like the look of. In the UK and Europe all tow bars have to be type-approved by law (unless your...

Ultimate Tow Car

Ultimate Tow Car

We've been fitting tow bars to a few rather nice tow cars over the past few weeks. Which got us wondering what would be the ultimate tow car. We're not talking about your normal caravan pulling machines, we're talking about the Ultimate tow car. Vehicles such as the...

Aftermarket Towbar Fitting to a New Car

Aftermarket Towbar Fitting to a New Car

Getting a new car and wanting an aftermarket towbar? You're getting a new car and need a towbar. Here are a couple of things you need to know. Firstly, you need to ensure the company that's fitting the tow bar knows what they are doing and is appropriately covered by...

Audi RS6 Towbar

Audi RS6 Towbar

Towbar Fitting - Audi RS6 Today we had the pleasure of fitting a Westfalia detachable tow bar along with approved dedicated wiring and vehicle coding to a customer's Audi RS6. The customer contacted us through one of our premier clients after sourcing his Audi RS6...

Witter Towbars.

Witter Towbars.

Looking for a Witter towbar fitting? Witter tow bars have been fitted to vehicles in the UK since the 1950s. Originally a local tow bar company, Witter expanded their business to cover most of the UK with mobile tow bar fitters. At Ultimate Towbars, we do get the odd...

Audi A8 Towbar Fitting

Audi A8 Towbar Fitting

We've just completed another Audi A8 tow bar fitting. Here's a quick overview of the fitting and a few tips if you want to fit your own. The tow bar we used is the Aragon A8 vertical detachable tow bar, available to buy through the Aragon UK supplier ( That's us.) For...