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I had a 2005 Camry which broke down last year, so I replaced it with a 2015 Mazda 5. The towing section of the manual for the Camry said something along the lines of "Well, this car is not really intended for towing, but if you must use it for that, here's what you have to do…". For the Mazda, the manual just says that it is not recommended to use the car for towing at all.
Cars and trucks can fuck off, and most pick-up truck owners are fooling themselves by buying into a lifestyle they don’t actually live, but I still would not recommend towing any significant distance with a Golf. You can tow with a hatchback, but it’s not really that safe and your speed is very limited, making you a huge annoying moving obstacle for the rest of us cursed to live in this world designed for cars.
but it’s not really that safe
Funny though, that European regulatory bodies consider it safe, and they are actually stricter than their American counterparts.