Towing Weight Limit UK

Understanding UK Towing Limits: A Complete Guide.

UK Tow Weight Limits. Whether you're planning to tow a caravan for a holiday or haul equipment for work, understanding the UK’s towing limits is essential. Towing laws and regulations are in place to ensure safety for all road users. Failing to comply with these...
Towbar Electrics Special Offer

Dedicated or Universal Towbar Electrics?

When it comes to installing towing electrics for your vehicle, you have two main choices: vehicle-specific dedicated electrics or universal electrics. While universal kits may appear to be a more economical and flexible option, vehicle-specific dedicated electrics...
Breakaway Cables Advice

Breakaway Cables: What You Need to Know!

Understanding Breakaway Cables: Purpose, Function, and Safety Benefits Breakaway cables are essential safety devices used in towing systems, particularly with trailers and caravans. Though small and often overlooked, these cables play a critical role in preventing...
Van Towbars

Commercial Towbars – What You Need to Know!

Understanding Commercial Tow Bars and the LAS in the UK In the logistics and transportation industry, the humble tow bar plays a crucial role in enabling commercial vehicles to haul heavy loads, trailers, or equipment. In the UK, commercial tow bars are subject to...
Tesla Oris bar

Attaching and Removing the ORIS Detachable Neck and Cycle Carrier.

Attaching and Removing the ORIS Detachable Neck and Cycle Carrier. Attaching and removing the ORIS detachable tow bar and the ORIS cycle carrier couldn’t be easier. Engineered for ease of use, the towbar neck automatically engages and locks into place.  It can...
BYD Towbars

BYD Towbars

BYD Towbars Great news for Build Your Dreams (BYD) owners who need a tow bar.  We can now supply and fit approved tow bars and electrics to the BYD range of vehicles. The BYD range of vehicles is becoming a very popular option for those seeking a fully electric...

Towbar News

It's the middle of May, and the sun is blazing through the windows here at the UltimateTowbars HQ. We're hoping it will stay that way for a little longer. It's certainly been a busy month for our tow bar fitting team. In addition to fitting many tow bars around the...
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...
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...

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 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...

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...

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...

Towbar News…

Towbar News…

It's been a busy month so far at the Ultimate office, with lots of fitting inquiries and loads of inquiries for parts and accessories as people start to look forwards to getting away for a springtime break. People are already getting their tow bars fitted in...

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...

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...

New Product – Bike Carriers

New Product – Bike Carriers

The UK has some of the best cycling routes but sometimes riding your bike to them is a little bit too hard work. Hence the need to have a bike carrier. The biggest benefit of using a tow bar mounted cycle carrier over a strapped on carrier is that you don't end up...