Herbmiester 394 Report post Posted Sunday at 05:50 PM (edited) I bought a boat a while back and my Toyota Highlander is on the limit for Towing it. The Highlander has a 2t braked tow rating and the boat trailer is about 2.2t. I have been looking at vehicles with better tow ratings and found that the Touareg, Q7 and Cayenne all have a 3.5t rating. As the are all built on the same chassis and even share some engines I would like any thoughts on suitability, reliability and maintenance issues. I did consider an E70 X5 but it has a 2.5t rating, so I guess its still in the mix.Thoughts? Edited Sunday at 08:18 PM by Herbmiester Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andrewm 66 Report post Posted Sunday at 11:29 PM A few other options Ford Ranger 3500kg Everest 3000kg Landrover/Rangerover upto 3500kg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gabe79 360 Report post Posted yesterday at 12:01 AM I'm sorry, but have you considered selling the boat? You'd have so many more car options then... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbmiester 394 Report post Posted yesterday at 12:26 AM 24 minutes ago, Gabe79 said: I'm sorry, but have you considered selling the boat? You'd have so many more car options then... No boat wont be sold. neither will other BMW's just the Toyota. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30 325i Rag-Top 1,289 Report post Posted yesterday at 01:10 AM 7 hours ago, Herbmiester said: I did consider an E70 X5 but it has a 2.5t rating, so I guess its still in the mix.Thoughts? E70 X5 can have 3.5tonne towing rating if it has the factory fitted tow-bar option (3AC) plus the Increased Towing Capacity option (233), local fit tow-bars are only 2.5t. I would say that the E70 3-ltr diesel is a great tow wagon, lots of grunt, still drives nice and enough weight up-front that it doesn't get pushed about by the load. Still pretty economical when towing (and not slowly either..). Look for those options, were very popular for NZ New vehicles to be fitted with them. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirtydoogle 128 Report post Posted 21 hours ago If it helps we tow a 10m three axle with two to three side by sides with both an e53 and e70, with a combined milage of around 300,000km and have yet to rip a draw bar out or run out of brakes 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
