A tow bar is the single most useful £400–£700 you can spend on a family car. Fit a detachable swan-neck, add a 13-pin electrics kit, and your hatchback or SUV turns into a bike-rack tug, a caravan puller, a trailer hauler and a roof-box alternative all in one. The catch is that there is more nonsense talked about tow bars than almost any other car accessory. After 32 years fitting them in the workshop, here are the brands and bike-rack platforms we'd actually put on our own cars in 2026.
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