emtee wrote:

As long as you have stock options in the transmission assembly plant, along with engines and brakes ( oh yeah, lots of brakes), knock yerself out dude. But I wouldn't even tow a four wheeler trailer with it. Your ride is designed to be a passenger car- only. The token 1500 lb rating they give you will still wear a car of that caliber out in a hurry.

If you really want to camp, get the right gear (no pun intended). It'll be a helluva lot more fun if you don't break down every whipstitch, or kill yerself.

Caddywhompus wrote:

Yeah, nothing polarizes these forums like posting an innocent question about wanting to tow with any less than a full size truck.

Some people will just require a truck to tow no matter what anyone tells them. Most of the replies above fall into this category.

Others have discovered that modern cars can also tow, but it does require some additional knowledge AND a thick skin, since the comments of well-meaning others will never relent.

The first thing to realize is the 1500 tow rating on your car is HIGHLY suspect. Chrysler dropped all the tow ratings on almost all the cars to nearly nothing a few years ago. When the Intrepid was first launched, it had a 3500 tow rating, and was a very capable tow vehicle. Some people even discovered that the 3500 rating could be pushed by spending a little time on the setup, getting a premium hitch and carefully selecting a trailer with good towing manners and low aerodynamic drag. As was mentioned before, Andy Thompson shocked the world when he added a custom class III hitch platform and a Hensley to an Intrepid and began touring the country with it. Last I heard it had made many trips over the Rockies and amassed several thousand miles towing a HUGE Airstream. Everybody that saw it thought it was insane, until they drove it.

Now your newer Concorde (same as the Intrepid) has the smaller 2.7 liter motor that some feel is weak, and it might be. But we aren't talking about hitching up a massive trailer either. The small, light trailer you are looking at will not present a significant load to your car. Oh sure, you will feel it, and occasionally downshift to climb a hill, but it will manage.

The car is capable of towing the trailer you are asking about, and maybe a little more. The additional HP required to pull the trailer is available, the stability and handling of the LH cars is still top-notch, and the braking and safety is there. The only real reason to concern yourself with the 1500 tow rating would be for warranty preservation, which I'm guessing is no longer an issue.

I would do it. I would make sure the trailer had good brakes, and I would look for a real good class III hitch in case I needed to run a Weight Distributing hitch system.

I say this because I have pulled a lot more trailer with a lot less vehicle safely many times. You have a decent car, and a fairly easy to pull trailer. It really isn't that big of a problem. (Between you and I, I would pull the trailer you are looking at with a 4 cylinder car, like my Subaru.)

Capt Skup wrote:

I am just surprised that there is still a Concorde still on the road. I haven't seen any in years. I thought they were great looking cars than they got the ax when the "Thugmobile" 300's came out. Imagine the Concorde with the excellant 4.0 V6 from the now defunct Pacifica, another fine auto killed off.