Best Tow car for 3.5 Tonne Boat

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Which car will tow my boat best? I currently have a 2005 Discovery 3 2.7 TDV6. I have been offered a 2003 Toyota Amazon 4.7 v8. The car will mainly be used for towing the boat so I am not concerned about fuel, just which is the best car for the job.

The Boat is a 2007 Bayliner 265 on a SBS Trailer. Total dry weight including the trailer is 3.2 tonnes

I have always had LandRovers is the past and towed the boat back from the lakes with the Discovery but cant help but think the Landcrusier might do it better.

Does anyone have any similar experiences?

Thanks
 
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but cant help but think the Landcrusier might do it better.

Does anyone have any similar experiences?

Thanks

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Correct thinking.
Spent 12 years retailing 4 WD and that car is one of the best.
 
Thanks for the reply. I am seriously tempted to get the Landcrusier, I thought it would be much heavier/bigger than the Discovery but searching the web tonight they seems alot closer in size/weight than I thought.

The Toureg is good I am sure but not on my list and too much money for my intended use of mainly towing the boat.
 
After much experience, towing all sorts of stuff, mostly elegal. Yes weights up to jumbo sizes.

Most anything will pull 3.5 tons, some better than others. Stopping it, or controling it, is a whole different ball game.

Forgetting the legal angle. Just how far is this tow and at what speed. Around town carefully, one thing. 100 miles at 60mph quite another.
 
Range Rover (Proper one not sport) has a towing weight of 3.5 tonnes and is excellent.

Nissan navara has a towing weight of 3 tonnes, so would probably do it as can also take a tonne extra on the flat bed (sow should be able to cope with stopping the extra 200kg)

Can check on the towing weight of the Amazon at work tomorrow if you lke.

Also beleove the Merc ML has a 3 toone plus towing capacity.
 
the new diesel range rover is brilliant

i once towed my sealine 19 from weymouth to poole with 3.1 td isuzu trooper, i was flat out in first going up steep hill out of weymouth,
 
Shogun lwb another exel tow car, that has a legal tow capability of 3300kg (3.3ton) - please keep it legal its not big and its not brave!
try explaining it was only one trip to the traffic in a pile-up, not to mention the insurance that wont payout for nice new boat.
 
No question, the Toyota Amazon, unbustable engine, masses of torque and mighty weighty car. Friend had one for recovery work used tow incredible weight (totally illegal mind /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif) did 280k miles before the interior fell apart but the motor was still going strong. I ve had Disco, great towing car but no where near as good as his 10 year old Amazon, I now have RR sport which is OK but not as good as as the disco for towing. Nissan Patrol (older version) is also worth considering.
 
I have a new Disco, and it's a lovely car, nearly as nice as a previous Lexux LS430, but with a better view. Although old Land Rover stuff could be hateful, this is something very different, and tows very well.

The Range Rover also, now very nice, but I almost feel the Disco is preferable in many ways.

Incidentally, see the news on the Nissan Navara... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
old farts who pasted their driving test when wheels had solid rubber tyres, can drive a combined gross weight of 12.5 tonnes on a car licence.

I know this because it says so on swmbo's driving licence /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
I had Discovery 2 2.5tdi and used to tow boats at 55mph tops in France.

I changed to a Toyota Amazon 4.2 TDI and then its back off the loud pedal at a comfortable speed cruising 75 to 80 tops 85 same trailers same boats.

There is no comparison I know what it says in the manual but the reality is a huge difference.

The other surprising thing is better mpg too
 
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