If it can tow a Sedona, it gets my vote.
Impressive for a little car.

Ah. I think you may have missed the crucial detail; it was a hire car. Hire cars can do things that your car or mine would never dream of...

Glad you have had some good news Jim, including the hidden depths of hire cars.

Thanks for that. It doesn't seem like much comfort right now, though it's a useful thing to bear in mind. Apparently there was no fancy gadgetry involved in righting the Costa Concordia; just half a dozen Nissan Notes on a "weekend special" from Avis.