Before the introduction of the 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer and Buick Encore GX, the Geo Metro was the last three-cylinder vehicle General Motors offered for sale in the United States. The Metro’s 1.0L three-cylinder made just 55 horsepower and the available 1.3L four-cylinder wasn’t much better, producing only 70 ponies. It’s safe to say, then, that the Metro is not an ideal vehicle for towing a trailer or a boat. We’d be apprehensive to tow even a garden trailer with this subcompact commuter, to be perfectly honest.
The Metro is not to be underestimated, however. A video sent into ViralHog recently shows a Geo Metro that has been modified to tow a pop-up trailer behind it. That’s not all, though, because attached to the pop-up trailer is a small aluminum fishing boat. That’s right, someone out there is towing both a trailer and a boat with a first-generation Geo Metro five-door. Now there’s a sequence of words we never thought we’d have to string together.
We’re not really sure what’s going on with this contraption. The Metro appears to be equipped with a tow hitch, but for some reason the owner has modified the trailer to link up to a custom connection installed on the roof. The Metro itself is also equipped with a set of weird modified exhaust tips and large mud flaps that look as though they were meant for a dual axle pickup truck or a transport truck. We’re not sure what to think of the large plastic water basin sitting in the back seat/cargo area, either.
We won’t fault anyone for using the tools at their disposal to enjoy their hobbies anyway they can, but we just hope this custom towing contraption is safer than it looks. Check it out in the video embedded below.
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I’m guessing the only hauling that actually took place here was when they hauled that Metro out of the junk yard.
Even the Metro’s scrap value SUCKED!
It’s only saving grace was that the Vega was the worst pile of CRAP GM ever built!
But we don’t have the Geo Metro (Suzuki) any more. Nor its predecessor the Chevrolet Sprint – I had one; it was a very good Suzuki. Now we don’t have the Sonic, or the Cruze, or the Impala, or the (fill in the blank here). I’m not sanguine about GM’s future.
I got a 94 Geo Metro and i love how people laugh at it because it is small but i am laughing at them because i can fill my car up with only 5 dollars compared to other cars. By 5 dollars i mean at empty i can fill my car back to full with 5 dollars.
If it works for him then good on him. I have several Metro’s , both pre 98 Geo and post 98 Chevy versions. Some have the 3 cylinder 5 speed and some are 4 cylinder automatic cars. I buy them for around $200 to $400 when available and just put them on my property until needed. I have custom made trailer tow hitches for 2 of the 4 cylinder cars and they can tow around a thousand total weight with a max of 200 lbs tongue weight very safely. After that and I’d question the brakes. I have lightweight items like aluminum boats, canoes, very small tent trailer etc that all pull just fine. The cars all get between 35 and 50 mpg and are very reliable with basic maintenance. They have 8 gal gas tanks and usually take 6 gal at 1/4 tank to fill. I’ve owned these cars for 20 plus years and they always run. So, to each their own I guess. And yes, I have dually tow vehicles, tractors, full size cars like normal people too 🙂
I just choose to keep the Metros because there’s no reason not to. Cheers